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Proverbs 13:14-16
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14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life
    enabling one to avoid the snares of death.[a]
15 Good sense wins favor,
    but the way of the faithless leads to their destruction.
16 Every prudent man acts out of knowledge,
    but a fool proudly parades his folly.

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  1. Proverbs 13:14 Life . . . death: in this and other similar proverbs, these two words indicate “a long and happy life” and a “premature death” respectively.
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Proverbs 13:14-16
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14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,(A)
    turning a person from the snares of death.(B)

15 Good judgment wins favor,
    but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.[a]

16 All who are prudent act with[b] knowledge,
    but fools expose(C) their folly.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:15 Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
  2. Proverbs 13:16 Or prudent protect themselves through
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