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26 A righteous person will seek out his neighbor,
    but the way of the wicked will lead them astray.

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26 The righteous choose their friends carefully,
    but the way of the wicked leads them astray.(A)

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26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

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20 Walk with the wise and be wise,
    but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm.

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20 Walk with the wise and become wise,
    for a companion of fools suffers harm.(A)

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20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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Leave the presence of a foolish man,[a]
    for you will not come to know words of knowledge.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:7 Literally “from the presence belonging to a man of foolishness”
  2. Proverbs 14:7 Literally “lips of knowledge”

Stay away from a fool,
    for you will not find knowledge on their lips.

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Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

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17 The friend loves at all times[a],
    but a brother is born for adversity.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:17 Hebrew “time”

17 A friend loves at all times,
    and a brother is born for a time of adversity.(A)

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17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

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24 A man of many friends will come to ruin,
    but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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24 One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
    but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.(A)

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24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly: and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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24 Do not envy men of evil,
    and do not desire to be with them.
For their minds will devise violence,
    and their lips will speak mischief.

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Saying 20

24 Do not envy(A) the wicked,
    do not desire their company;
for their hearts plot violence,(B)
    and their lips talk about making trouble.(C)

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24 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

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16 If you find honey, eat what is sufficient for you,
    lest you have your fill of it and vomit it out.
17 Make your foot scarce in the house of your neighbor,
    lest he become weary of you and hate you.

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16 If you find honey, eat just enough—
    too much of it, and you will vomit.(A)
17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house—
    too much of you, and they will hate you.

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16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

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Like a bird that strays from its nest,
    so is a man who strays from his place.
Perfume and incense will gladden a heart,
    and the pleasantness of one’s friend is personal advice.[a]
10 As for your friend and a friend of your father, do not forsake them,
    and the house of your brother, do not enter on the day of your calamity.
    Better is a close neighbor than a distant brother.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:9 Literally “because of advice of a person”

Like a bird that flees its nest(A)
    is anyone who flees from home.

Perfume(B) and incense bring joy to the heart,
    and the pleasantness of a friend
    springs from their heartfelt advice.

10 Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,
    and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster(C) strikes you—
    better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.

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As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.

Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart: so doth the sweetness of a man's friend by hearty counsel.

10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

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24 Being a partner with a thief is hating one’s life;[a]
    a curse he will hear, but not disclose.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:24 Or “soul,” or “inner self”

24 The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies;
    they are put under oath and dare not testify.(A)

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24 Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth it not.

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