Proverbs 17:11
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11 Evil people seek only rebellion,
but a cruel messenger will be sent against them.
Proverbs 17:11
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11 An evil man seeks only rebellion,
and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Proverbs 17:19-20
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19 One who loves transgression loves strife;
one who builds a high threshold invites broken bones.(A)
20 The crooked of mind do not prosper,
and the perverse of tongue fall into calamity.(B)
Proverbs 17:19-20
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19 He who loves transgression loves strife;
he who makes his door high seeks destruction.
20 A man of crooked mind does not prosper,
and one with a perverse tongue falls into calamity.
Proverbs 17:24
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24 The discerning person looks to wisdom,
but the eyes of a fool to the ends of the earth.(A)
Proverbs 17:24
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24 A man of understanding sets his face toward wisdom,
but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 18:1-2
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18 The one who lives alone is self-indulgent,
showing contempt for all sound judgment.[a]
2 A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
but only in expressing personal opinion.(A)
Footnotes
- 18.1 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Proverbs 18:1-2
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18 He who is estranged[a] seeks pretexts[b]
to break out against all sound judgment.
2 A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
but only in expressing his opinion.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 18:1 Heb separated
- Proverbs 18:1 Gk Vg: Heb desire
Proverbs 20:14
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14 “Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
then goes away and boasts.
Proverbs 20:14
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14 “It is bad, it is bad,” says the buyer;
but when he goes away, then he boasts.
Proverbs 21:29
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Footnotes
- 21.29 Or establish
Proverbs 21:29
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29 A wicked man puts on a bold face,
but an upright man considers[a] his ways.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:29 Another reading is establishes
Proverbs 22:10
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10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife goes out;
quarreling and abuse will cease.(A)
Proverbs 22:10
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10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife will go out,
and quarreling and abuse will cease.
Proverbs 22:8
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8 Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity,
and the rod of anger will fail.(A)
Proverbs 22:8
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8 He who sows injustice will reap calamity,
and the rod of his fury will fail.
Proverbs 22:26
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26 Do not be one of those who give pledges,
who become surety for debts.(A)
Proverbs 22:26
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26 Be not one of those who give pledges,
who become surety for debts.
Proverbs 23:1-3
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Proverbs 23:1-3
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23 When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
observe carefully what[a] is before you;
2 and put a knife to your throat
if you are a man given to appetite.
3 Do not desire his delicacies,
for they are deceptive food.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:1 Or who
Proverbs 23:6-9
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6 Do not eat the bread of the stingy;
do not desire their delicacies,(A)
7 for like a hair in the throat, so are they.[a]
“Eat and drink!” they say to you,
but they do not mean it.(B)
8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten,
and you will waste your pleasant words.
9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
who will only despise the wisdom of your words.(C)
Footnotes
- 23.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Proverbs 23:6-9
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6 Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy;
do not desire his delicacies;
7 for he is like one who is inwardly reckoning.[a]
“Eat and drink!” he says to you;
but his heart is not with you.
8 You will vomit up the morsels which you have eaten,
and waste your pleasant words.
9 Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
for he will despise the wisdom of your words.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:7 Heb obscure
Proverbs 26:6
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6 It is like cutting off one’s foot and drinking down violence,
to send a message by a fool.
Proverbs 26:6
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6 He who sends a message by the hand of a fool
cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.
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