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Proverbs 16:16-23
New International Version
Proverbs 16:16-23
New International Version
17 The highway of the upright avoids evil;
those who guard their ways preserve their lives.(C)
19 Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed
than to share plunder with the proud.
20 Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers,[a](G)
and blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord.(H)
22 Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent,(J)
but folly brings punishment to fools.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:20 Or whoever speaks prudently finds what is good
- Proverbs 16:21 Or words make a person persuasive
- Proverbs 16:23 Or prudent / and make their lips persuasive
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