So you will (A)find favor and (B)good success[a]
    in the sight of God and man.

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  1. Proverbs 3:4 Or repute

Then you will win favor and a good name
    in the sight of God and man.(A)

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15 (A)Good sense wins (B)favor,
    but the way of the treacherous is their ruin.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 13:15 Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate); Hebrew is rugged, or is an enduring rut

15 Good judgment wins favor,
    but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 13:15 Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

17 (A)If anyone's will is to do God's[a] will, (B)he will know whether the teaching is from God or whether I (C)am speaking on my own authority.

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  1. John 7:17 Greek his

17 Anyone who chooses to do the will of God will find out(A) whether my teaching comes from God or whether I speak on my own.

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