10 A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.

11 An evil man seeks only rebellion;
a cruel messenger[a](A) will be sent against him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:11 Or a merciless angel

10 A rebuke goes deeper to an understanding person
    than a hundred lashes to a fool.
11 Evil people seek only rebellion;
    a cruel messenger will be sent against them.

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10 A rebuke impresses a discerning person
    more than a hundred lashes a fool.

11 Evildoers foster rebellion against God;
    the messenger of death will be sent against them.

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20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction
so that you may be wise later in life.[a](A)

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  1. Proverbs 19:20 Lit in your end

20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
    so you might grow wise in the future.

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20 Listen to advice and accept discipline,(A)
    and at the end you will be counted among the wise.(B)

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27 If you stop listening to correction, my son,
you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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27 If, my child, you stop listening to discipline,
    you will wander away from words of knowledge.

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27 Stop listening to instruction, my son,(A)
    and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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A king’s terrible wrath is like the roaring of a lion;
anyone who provokes him endangers himself.(A)

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A king is as terrifying as a lion’s growl.
    Those who anger him may lose their life.

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A king’s wrath strikes terror like the roar of a lion;(A)
    those who anger him forfeit their lives.(B)

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Many a man proclaims his own loyalty,
but who can find a trustworthy man?(A)

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Many people will say that they are loyal,
    but who can find a reliable person?

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Many claim to have unfailing love,
    but a faithful person who can find?(A)

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A king sitting on a throne to judge
sifts out all evil with his eyes.(A)

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A king who sits on his judgment throne
    sifts out all evil with his eyes.

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When a king sits on his throne to judge,(A)
    he winnows out all evil with his eyes.(B)

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11 Even a young man is known by his actions—
if his behavior is pure and upright.(A)

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11 Even young people are known by their actions,
    whether their conduct is pure and upright.

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11 Even small children are known by their actions,
    so is their conduct really pure(A) and upright?

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30 Lashes and wounds purge away evil,(A)
and beatings cleanse the innermost parts.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 20:30 Lit beatings the chambers of the belly

30 Blows and bruises remove evil;
    beatings cleanse the inner parts.

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30 Blows and wounds scrub(A) away evil,
    and beatings(B) purge the inmost being.

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21 A king’s heart is like streams of water in the Lord’s hand:
He directs it wherever He chooses.(A)

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21 The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of the Lord;
    he directs it wherever he wants.

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21 In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water
    that he channels toward all who please him.(A)

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