15 The way of fools seems right to them,(A)
    but the wise listen to advice.(B)

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15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

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12 Mockers resent correction,(A)
    so they avoid the wise.

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12 A scorner loveth not one that reproveth him: neither will he go unto the wise.

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All a person’s ways seem pure to them,(A)
    but motives are weighed(B) by the Lord.(C)

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All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes; but the Lord weigheth the spirits.

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22 Plans fail for lack of counsel,(A)
    but with many advisers(B) they succeed.(C)

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22 Without counsel purposes are disappointed: but in the multitude of counsellors they are established.

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20 Listen to advice and accept discipline,(A)
    and at the end you will be counted among the wise.(B)

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20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

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25 Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;
    rebuke the discerning,(A) and they will gain knowledge.(B)

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25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

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23 The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent,(A)
    and their lips promote instruction.[a](B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:23 Or prudent / and make their lips persuasive

23 The heart of the wise teacheth his mouth, and addeth learning to his lips.

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

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:11 Or possibly apricots

11 A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.

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24 Gracious words are a honeycomb,(A)
    sweet to the soul and healing to the bones.(B)

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24 Pleasant words are as an honeycomb, sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

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10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
    more than a hundred lashes a fool.

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10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool.

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