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20 Wise words satisfy like a good meal;
    the right words bring satisfaction.

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20 From the fruit of their mouth a person’s stomach is filled;
    with the harvest of their lips they are satisfied.(A)

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11 Timely advice is lovely,
    like golden apples in a silver basket.

12 To one who listens, valid criticism
    is like a gold earring or other gold jewelry.

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11 Like apples[a] of gold in settings of silver(A)
    is a ruling rightly given.
12 Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold
    is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:11 Or possibly apricots

13 The wicked are trapped by their own words,
    but the godly escape such trouble.

14 Wise words bring many benefits,
    and hard work brings rewards.

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13 Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,(A)
    and so the innocent escape trouble.(B)

14 From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things,(C)
    and the work of their hands brings them reward.(D)

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Wise words will win you a good meal,
    but treacherous people have an appetite for violence.

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From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things,(A)
    but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.

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18 For it is good to keep these sayings in your heart
    and always ready on your lips.

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18 for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart
    and have all of them ready on your lips.

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21 In this way, you may know the truth
    and take an accurate report to those who sent you.

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21 teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth,(A)
    so that you bring back truthful reports
    to those you serve?

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