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10 for wisdom will come into your heart,
    and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;

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10 For wisdom will enter your heart,(A)
    and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

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16 Your words were found, and I ate them,
    and your words became to me a joy
    and the delight of my heart,
for I am called by your name,
    O Lord, God of hosts.(A)

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16 When your words came, I ate(A) them;
    they were my joy and my heart’s delight,(B)
for I bear your name,(C)
    Lord God Almighty.

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16 Let the word of Christ[a] dwell in you richly; teach and admonish one another in all wisdom; and with gratitude in your hearts sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs to God.[b](A)

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  1. 3.16 Other ancient authorities read of God or of the Lord
  2. 3.16 Other ancient authorities read to the Lord

16 Let the message of Christ(A) dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom(B) through psalms,(C) hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts.(D)

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13 My child, eat honey, for it is good,
    and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste.(A)
14 Know that wisdom is such to your soul;
    if you find it, you will find a future,
    and your hope will not be cut off.(B)

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Saying 26

13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good;
    honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
14 Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:
    If you find it, there is a future hope for you,
    and your hope will not be cut off.(A)

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18 The one who lives alone is self-indulgent,
    showing contempt for all sound judgment.[a]
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
    but only in expressing personal opinion.(A)

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  1. 18.1 Meaning of Heb uncertain

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

Fools find no pleasure in understanding
    but delight in airing their own opinions.(A)

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162 I rejoice at your word
    like one who finds great spoil.(A)

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162 I rejoice(A) in your promise
    like one who finds great spoil.(B)

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12 I have not departed from the commandment of his lips;
    I have treasured his words in my bosom.[a](A)

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  1. 23.12 Gk: Heb words more than my daily bread

12 I have not departed from the commands of his lips;(A)
    I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my daily bread.(B)

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111 Your decrees are my heritage forever;
    they are the joy of my heart.(A)

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111 Your statutes are my heritage forever;
    they are the joy of my heart.(A)

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103 How sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey to my mouth!(A)

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103 How sweet are your words to my taste,
    sweeter than honey(A) to my mouth!(B)

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34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    for I rejoice in the Lord.

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34 May my meditation be pleasing to him,
    as I rejoice(A) in the Lord.

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10 More to be desired are they than gold,
    even much fine gold;
sweeter also than honey
    and drippings of the honeycomb.(A)

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10 They are more precious than gold,(A)
    than much pure gold;
they are sweeter than honey,(B)
    than honey from the honeycomb.(C)

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33 Wisdom is at home in the mind of one who has understanding,
    but it is not[a] known in the heart of fools.(A)

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  1. 14.33 Gk Syr: Heb lacks not

33 Wisdom reposes in the heart of the discerning(A)
    and even among fools she lets herself be known.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 14:33 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac discerning / but in the heart of fools she is not known

97 Oh, how I love your law!
    It is my meditation all day long.(A)

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97 Oh, how I love your law!(A)
    I meditate(B) on it all day long.

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