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Proverbs 12:26
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Proverbs 12:26
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26 Those who live right are good guides to those who follow,[a]
but wrongdoers will steer their friends down the wrong path.
Footnotes
- 12:26 Meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
Proverbs 12:26
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Proverbs 12:26
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26 The righteous choose their friends carefully,
but the way of the wicked leads them astray.(A)
Proverbs 12:26
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Proverbs 12:26
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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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Proverbs 13:20
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Proverbs 13:20
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20 One who walks with the wise becomes wise,
but whoever keeps company with fools only hurts himself.
Proverbs 13:20
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Proverbs 13:20
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20 Walk with the wise and become wise,
for a companion of fools suffers harm.(A)
Proverbs 13:20
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Proverbs 13:20
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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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Proverbs 14:7
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Proverbs 14:7
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7 Walk away from the company of fools,
for you cannot find insight in their words.
Proverbs 14:7
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Proverbs 14:7
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7 Stay away from a fool,
for you will not find knowledge on their lips.
Proverbs 14:7
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Proverbs 14:7
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7 Go from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.
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Proverbs 17:17
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Proverbs 17:17
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17 A true friend loves regardless of the situation,
and a real brother exists to share the tough times.
Proverbs 17:17
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Proverbs 17:17
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17 A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for a time of adversity.(A)
Proverbs 17:17
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Proverbs 17:17
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17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
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Proverbs 18:24
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Proverbs 18:24
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24 Someone with many so-called friends may end up friendless,
but a true friend is closer than a brother.
Proverbs 18:24
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Proverbs 18:24
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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)
Proverbs 18:24
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Proverbs 18:24
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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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Proverbs 24:1-2
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Proverbs 24:1-2
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The abuse of alcohol is as ancient as the first batch of Egyptian beer or the first sip of Noah’s wine (Genesis 9:20–21). Its wide availability today has made for binge drinking on college campuses, underage drinking by young teens, drunk driving on city streets, and alcoholic rants and abuse in the home. The sage offers a tragic description of a young man who goes from drink to drink and cannot get his bearings in life. Too many people lose so much life in an alcoholic stupor.
24 Do not envy evil people
or seek their friendship;
2 For they are conniving and violent,
and all they talk about is causing trouble.
Proverbs 24:1-2
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Proverbs 24:1-2
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Proverbs 24:1-2
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Proverbs 24:1-2
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24 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
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Proverbs 25:16-17
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Proverbs 25:16-17
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16 When you find honey, remember to eat only what you need,
because if you eat in excess, you may be sick and lose all of it.
17 Don’t visit your neighbor too often,
or he will become tired of you and grow to hate you.
Proverbs 25:16-17
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Proverbs 25:16-17
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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.
Proverbs 25:16-17
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Proverbs 25:16-17
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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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Proverbs 27:8-10
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Proverbs 27:8-10
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8 Like a bird that strays far from its nest,
so is a person who forsakes his own home.
9 The heart is delighted by the fragrance of oil and sweet perfumes,
and in just the same way, the soul is sweetened by the wise counsel of a friend.
10 Do not neglect your friend or your parent’s friend for that matter.
When hard times come, you don’t have to travel far to get help from family;
A neighbor who is near is better
than a brother who is far away.
Proverbs 27:8-10
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Proverbs 27:8-10
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8 Like a bird that flees its nest(A)
is anyone who flees from home.
9 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.
Proverbs 27:8-10
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Proverbs 27:8-10
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8 As a bird that wandereth from her nest, so is a man that wandereth from his place.
9 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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Proverbs 29:24
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Proverbs 29:24
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24 Anyone who teams up with a thief must despise his own life,
for he is bound by an oath to tell the truth and yet refuses.[a]
Footnotes
Proverbs 29:24
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Proverbs 29:24
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24 The accomplices of thieves are their own enemies;
they are put under oath and dare not testify.(A)
Proverbs 29:24
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Proverbs 29:24
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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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