Proverbs 15:3
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Proverbs 16:1
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16 To humans belong the plans of the heart,
but from the Lord comes the proper answer of the tongue.(A)
Proverbs 16:4
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Proverbs 16:9
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9 In their hearts humans plan their course,
but the Lord establishes their steps.(A)
Proverbs 16:33
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Proverbs 19:21
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21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.(A)
Proverbs 21:30-31
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31 The horse is made ready for the day of battle,
but victory rests with the Lord.(C)
Proverbs 22:12
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12 The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
Proverbs 27:1
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Proverbs 13:14
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Proverbs 14:24
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24 The wealth of the wise is their crown,
but the folly of fools yields folly.(A)
Proverbs 15:24
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24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent
to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.
Proverbs 16:22
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22 Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent,(A)
but folly brings punishment to fools.
Proverbs 17:12
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12 Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs
than a fool bent on folly.(A)
Proverbs 24:7
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Saying 23
7 Wisdom is too high for fools;
in the assembly at the gate they must not open their mouths.
Proverbs 24:13-14
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Saying 26
13 Eat honey, my son, for it is good;
honey from the comb is sweet to your taste.
14 Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:
If you find it, there is a future hope for you,
and your hope will not be cut off.(A)
Proverbs 26:4-11
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4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly,
or you yourself will be just like him.(A)
5 Answer a fool according to his folly,
or he will be wise in his own eyes.(B)
6 Sending a message by the hands of a fool(C)
is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison.
7 Like the useless legs of one who is lame
is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.(D)
8 Like tying a stone in a sling
is the giving of honor to a fool.(E)
9 Like a thornbush in a drunkard’s hand
is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.(F)
10 Like an archer who wounds at random
is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.
11 As a dog returns to its vomit,(G)
so fools repeat their folly.(H)
Proverbs 27:22
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22 Though you grind a fool in a mortar,
grinding them like grain with a pestle,
you will not remove their folly from them.
Proverbs 29:9
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9 If a wise person goes to court with a fool,
the fool rages and scoffs, and there is no peace.
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