16 Long life is in her right hand;(A)
    in her left hand are riches and honor.(B)
17 Her ways are pleasant ways,
    and all her paths are peace.(C)
18 She is a tree of life(D) to those who take hold of her;
    those who hold her fast will be blessed.(E)

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16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

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16 (A)Length of days is in her right hand,
In her left hand riches and honor.
17 (B)Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths are peace.
18 She is (C)a tree of life to those who take hold of her,
And happy are all who [a]retain her.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:18 hold her fast

10 Listen, my son,(A) accept what I say,
    and the years of your life will be many.(B)

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10 Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.

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10 Hear, my son, and receive my sayings,
(A)And the years of your life will be many.

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