12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but whoever hates correction is stupid.(A)

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12 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

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10 Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path;
    the one who hates correction will die.(A)

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10 Correction is grievous unto him that forsaketh the way: and he that hateth reproof shall die.

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Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults;
    whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.(A)
Do not rebuke mockers(B) or they will hate you;
    rebuke the wise and they will love you.(C)

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He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.

Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.

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97 Oh, how I love your law!(A)
    I meditate(B) on it all day long.
98 Your commands are always with me
    and make me wiser(C) than my enemies.
99 I have more insight than all my teachers,
    for I meditate on your statutes.(D)
100 I have more understanding than the elders,
    for I obey your precepts.(E)

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97 O how love I thy law! it is my meditation all the day.

98 Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me.

99 I have more understanding than all my teachers: for thy testimonies are my meditation.

100 I understand more than the ancients, because I keep thy precepts.

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10 and all the ways that wickedness deceives those who are perishing.(A) They perish because they refused to love the truth and so be saved.(B)

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10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved.

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18 An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends
    and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.

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18 Through desire a man, having separated himself, seeketh and intermeddleth with all wisdom.

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Do not be like the horse or the mule,
    which have no understanding
but must be controlled by bit and bridle(A)
    or they will not come to you.

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Be ye not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding: whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee.

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The ox knows(A) its master,
    the donkey its owner’s manger,(B)
but Israel does not know,(C)
    my people do not understand.(D)

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The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.

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12 You will say, “How I hated discipline!
    How my heart spurned correction!(A)
13 I would not obey my teachers
    or turn my ear to my instructors.

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12 And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

13 And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to them that instructed me!

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10 For wisdom will enter your heart,(A)
    and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion will protect you,
    and understanding will guard you.(B)

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10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul;

11 Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee:

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32 “Now then, my children, listen(A) to me;
    blessed are(B) those who keep my ways.(C)

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32 Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways.

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17 I love those who love me,(A)
    and those who seek me find me.(B)

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17 I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me.

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27 Cause me to understand the way of your precepts,
    that I may meditate on your wonderful deeds.(A)

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27 Make me to understand the way of thy precepts: so shall I talk of thy wondrous works.

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