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10 A reproof enters deeper into a wise man
    than a hundred stripes into a fool.

11 An evil man seeks only rebellion;
    therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

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10 A rebuke strikes him who understands
    deeper than one hundred blows to a fool.
11 An evil person will seek only rebellion,
    and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

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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 Hear counsel and receive instruction,
    that you may be wise in your latter days.

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20 Listen to advice and accept instruction
    so that you will gain wisdom for your future.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:20 Literally “after things

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 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction
    that causes to err from the words of knowledge.

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27 Cease to listen to instruction, my child,
    and you will stray[a] from sayings of knowledge.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:27 Literally “in order to stray”

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

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The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion;
    whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.

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Roaring like the lion is the dreaded anger of a king;
    he who provokes him forfeits his life.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 20:2 Or “soul,” or “inner self”

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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Most men will proclaim everyone his own goodness,
    but who can find a faithful man?

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Many a person will proclaim his loyalty for himself,
    but a man who is trustworthy, who can find?

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

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A king who sits on the throne of judgment
    scatters away all evil with his eyes.

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A king who sits on the throne of judgment
    winnows 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 child is known by his doings,
    whether his work is pure and whether it is right.

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11 Even by his acts, a young man[a] will make himself known,
    whether his acts are pure and upright.

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  1. Proverbs 20:11 Or “young boy,” or “adolescent”

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

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30 The blows of a wound cleanse away evil,
    so do stripes the inward parts of the heart.

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30 The blows of a wound will cleanse evil,
    as will[a] beatings of the innermost part.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 20:30 Hebrew “and”
  2. Proverbs 20:30 Literally “parts of the inmost”

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

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21 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord,
    as the rivers of water; He turns it to any place He will.

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21 Streams of water are the heart[a] of a king in the hand of Yahweh;
    wherever[b] he will desire, he will turn.

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  1. Proverbs 21:1 Or “mind”
  2. Proverbs 21:1 Literally “upon all that”

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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