IV.
As you read this passage today, pay attention to the promises.

V.
Proverbs 3:1-8 (NRSVue)

My child, do not forget my teaching,
     but let your heart keep my commandments,
for length of days and years of life
     and abundant welfare they will give you.
Do not let loyalty and faithfulness forsake you;
     bind them around your neck;
     write them on the tablet of your heart.
Then you will find favor and high regard
     in the sight of God and of people.
Trust in the Lord with all your heart,
     and do not rely on your own insight.
In all your ways acknowledge him,
     and he will make straight your paths.
Do not be wise in your own eyes;
     fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
It will be a healing for your flesh
     and a refreshment for your body.

VI.
I notice one promise is, “… Then you will find favor and high regard in the sight of God and of people.”

This is promised to whom? What is required of them to receive what is promised?

We also read, “… he will make straight your paths.”

Does this mean “straight … paths” are promised and it is God not the one keeping the commandments that “make straight” the paths.

In this Psalm do you encounter legalism or grace?

charles
{ubi caritas et amor, Deus ibi est}