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Proverbs 14:33
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Proverbs 14:33
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- 14:33 LXX reads unknown
Proverbs 14:33
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Proverbs 14:33
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33 Wisdom is at home in the mind of one who has understanding,
but it is not[a] known in the heart of fools.(A)
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- 14.33 Gk Syr: Heb lacks not
Proverbs 14:33
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Proverbs 14:33
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- Proverbs 14:33 Hebrew; Septuagint and Syriac discerning / but in the heart of fools she is not known
Proverbs 15:2
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Proverbs 15:2
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2 The tongue of the wise makes knowledge attractive,
but the mouth of fools blurts out foolishness.(A)
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2 The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,
but the mouths of fools pour out folly.(A)
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Proverbs 15:2
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Proverbs 15:5
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Proverbs 15:5
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5 A fool despises his father’s discipline,
but a person who accepts correction is sensible.(A)
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5 A fool despises a parent’s instruction,
but the one who heeds admonition is prudent.(A)
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5 A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.(A)
Proverbs 15:7
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Proverbs 15:7
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7 The lips of the wise broadcast knowledge,
but not so the heart of fools.
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Proverbs 15:7
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7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge;
not so the minds of fools.
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Proverbs 15:7
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7 The lips of the wise spread knowledge,(A)
but the hearts of fools are not upright.
Proverbs 15:14
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Proverbs 15:14
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Proverbs 15:14
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Proverbs 15:14
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14 The mind of one who has understanding seeks knowledge,
but the mouths of fools feed on folly.
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Proverbs 15:14
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14 The discerning heart seeks knowledge,(A)
but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly.
Proverbs 16:22
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Proverbs 16:22
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22 Insight is a fountain of life(A) for its possessor,
but the discipline of fools is folly.
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22 Wisdom is a fountain of life to one who has it,
but folly is the punishment of fools.(A)
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22 Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent,(A)
but folly brings punishment to fools.
Proverbs 17:7
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Proverbs 17:7
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7 Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool’s lips;
how much worse are lies for a ruler.
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Proverbs 17:7
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7 Excess speech is not becoming to a fool;
still less is false speech to a ruler.[a]
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- 17.7 Or a noble
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Proverbs 17:7
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7 Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool—
how much worse lying lips to a ruler!(A)
Proverbs 17:10
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Proverbs 17:10
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10 A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.
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Proverbs 17:10
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10 A rebuke strikes deeper into a discerning person
than a hundred blows into a fool.
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Proverbs 17:10
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10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
more than a hundred lashes a fool.
Proverbs 17:12
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Proverbs 17:12
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12 Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs(A)
than a fool in his foolishness.
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Proverbs 17:12
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12 Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs
than to confront a fool immersed in folly.(A)
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Proverbs 17:12
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12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than a fool bent on folly.(A)
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