Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man. Proverbs 3:3-4 NIVThese two verses are two of my favorite verses found in Proverbs. There's something about love and faithfulness as we understand them that changes a person and sets him/her apart from the rest of the world.
What's even greater is when you dive into the original language (Hebrew) to understand the meaning behind our American-English words. The word for "love" is 'hesed which literally translated in this context means mercy. The word for "faithfulness" in the Hebrew can be literally translated that which can be relied upon.
So, in other words, verse 3 is telling us to be a person of mercy and reliability. When you put the whole thing together, the question is begged: Can God and man rely on you to be merciful?
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