Counsel in a person’s heart is deep water;(A)
but a person of understanding draws it out.

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18 Finalize plans with counsel,(A)
and wage war with sound guidance.(B)

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Don’t speak to[a] a fool,
for he will despise the insight of your words.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 23:9 Lit in the ears of

Oil(A) and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 27:9 LXX reads heart, but the soul is torn up by affliction

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