24 Diligent hands will rule,
    but laziness ends in forced labor.(A)

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24 The hand of the diligent ones will rule,
    but the lazy will belong to forced labor.

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24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

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

11 Evildoers foster rebellion against God;
    the messenger of death will be sent against them.

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10 A rebuke strikes him who understands
    deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.
11 An evil person will seek only rebellion,
    and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

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

11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

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Many claim to have unfailing love,
    but a faithful person who can find?(A)

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Many a person will proclaim his loyalty for himself,
    but a man who is trustworthy, who can find?

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Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?

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When a king sits on his throne to judge,(A)
    he winnows out all evil with his eyes.(B)

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A king who sits on the throne of judgment
    winnows all evil with his eyes.

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A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

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30 Blows and wounds scrub(A) away evil,
    and beatings(B) purge the inmost being.

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30 The blows of a wound will cleanse evil,
    as will[a] beatings of the innermost part.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:30 Hebrew “and”
  2. Proverbs 20:30 Literally “parts of the inmost”

30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

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11 One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace
    will have the king for a friend.(A)

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11 He who loves purity of heart
    and hasgracious speech,[a] his friend is the king.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:11 Literally “grace of his lips”

11 He that loveth pureness of heart, for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

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It is the glory of God to conceal a matter;
    to search out a matter is the glory of kings.(A)

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The glory of God[a] conceals things,
    but the glory of kings searches out things.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:2 Or “gods”

It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

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remove wicked officials from the king’s presence,(A)
    and his throne will be established(B) through righteousness.(C)

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Remove the wicked before a king,
    and his throne will be established in righteousness.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:5 Hebrew “in the righteousness”

Take away the wicked from before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

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21 To show partiality(A) is not good(B)
    yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread.(C)

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21 Showing partiality[a] is not good,
    and over a morsel of bread, a strong man will do wrong.

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  1. Proverbs 28:21 Literally “Recognizing faces”

21 To have respect of persons is not good: for for a piece of bread that man will transgress.

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