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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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16 When I discovered your words, I devoured them.
    They are my joy and my heart’s delight,
for I bear your name,
    O Lord God of Heaven’s Armies.

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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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10 For wisdom will enter your heart,
    and knowledge will fill you with joy.

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

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The lips of the wise give good advice;
    the heart of a fool has none to give.

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The lips of the wise spread knowledge,(A)
    but the hearts of fools are not upright.

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21 The words of the godly encourage many,
    but fools are destroyed by their lack of common sense.

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21 The lips of the righteous nourish many,
    but fools die for lack of sense.(A)

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Listen to me! For I have important things to tell you.
    Everything I say is right,

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Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say;
    I open my lips to speak what is right.

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103 How sweet your words taste to me;
    they are sweeter than honey.

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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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15 Therefore, let us offer through Jesus a continual sacrifice of praise to God, proclaiming our allegiance to his name.

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15 Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice(A) of praise—the fruit of lips(B) that openly profess his name.

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38 Anyone who believes in me may come and drink! For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from his heart.’”[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 7:37-38 Or “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. 38 For the Scriptures declare, ‘Rivers of living water will flow from the heart of anyone who believes in me.’”

38 Whoever believes(A) in me, as Scripture has said,(B) rivers of living water(C) will flow from within them.”[a](D)

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  1. John 7:38 Or me. And let anyone drink 38 who believes in me.” As Scripture has said, “Out of him (or them) will flow rivers of living water.”

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

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11 Like apples[a] of gold in settings of silver(A)
    is a ruling rightly given.

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  1. Proverbs 25:11 Or possibly apricots

13 My child,[a] eat honey, for it is good,
    and the honeycomb is sweet to the taste.
14 In the same way, wisdom is sweet to your soul.
    If you find it, you will have a bright future,
    and your hopes will not be cut short.

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  1. 24:13 Hebrew My son; also in 24:21.

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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21 The wise are known for their understanding,
    and pleasant words are persuasive.

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21 The wise in heart are called discerning,
    and gracious words promote instruction.[a](A)

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  1. Proverbs 16:21 Or words make a person persuasive

13 Wise words come from the lips of people with understanding,
    but those lacking sense will be beaten with a rod.

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13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning,(A)
    but a rod is for the back of one who has no sense.(B)

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