Proverbs 15:1
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Proverbs 18:6
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6 A fool's lips walk into a fight,
and his mouth invites (A)a beating.
Proverbs 26:21
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21 As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,
so is (A)a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.
Proverbs 6:19
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Proverbs 11:13
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13 Whoever (A)goes about slandering reveals secrets,
but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.
Proverbs 16:28
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Proverbs 18:8
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8 (A)The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;
they go down into (B)the inner parts of the body.
Proverbs 10:19
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19 (A)When words are many, transgression is not lacking,
(B)but whoever restrains his lips is prudent.
Proverbs 29:20
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20 Do you see a man who is hasty in his words?
(A)There is more hope for a fool than for him.
Proverbs 18:13
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13 If one gives an answer (A)before he hears,
it is his folly and shame.
Proverbs 18:17
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17 The one who states his case first seems right,
until the other comes and examines him.
Proverbs 6:1-5
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Practical Warnings
6 My son, if you have put up (A)security for your neighbor,
have (B)given your pledge for a stranger,
2 if you are (C)snared in the words of your mouth,
caught in the words of your mouth,
3 then do this, my son, and save yourself,
for you have come into the hand of your neighbor:
go, hasten,[a] and (D)plead urgently with your neighbor.
4 (E)Give your eyes no sleep
and your eyelids no slumber;
5 save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter,[b]
(F)like a bird from the hand of the fowler.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Or humble yourself
- Proverbs 6:5 Hebrew lacks of the hunter
Proverbs 11:15
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15 (A)Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer harm,
but he who hates striking hands in pledge is secure.
Proverbs 17:18
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18 One who lacks sense gives a pledge
and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.
Proverbs 20:16
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16 (A)Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger,
and (B)hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:16 Or for an adulteress (compare 27:13)
Proverbs 22:26
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26 Be not one of those who (A)give pledges,
who put up security for debts.
Proverbs 27:13
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13 (A)Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger,
and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:13 Hebrew a foreign woman; a slight emendation yields (compare Vulgate; see also 20:16) foreigners
Proverbs 15:1
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Proverbs 17:14
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14 The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
so (A)quit before the quarrel breaks out.
Proverbs 11:13
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13 Whoever (A)goes about slandering reveals secrets,
but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.
Proverbs 15:28
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28 The heart of the righteous (A)ponders how to answer,
but (B)the mouth of the wicked pours out evil things.
Proverbs 25:11
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11 (A)A word fitly spoken
is like apples of gold in a setting of silver.
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