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Proverbs 17:17
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Proverbs 17:17
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17 He that is a friend, loveth in all time; and a brother is proved in anguishes.
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Proverbs 17:17
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Proverbs 17:17
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17 A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for a time of adversity.(A)
Proverbs 17:17
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Proverbs 17:17
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17 A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
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Proverbs 19:22
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Proverbs 19:22
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22 A needy man is merciful; and better is a poor (but) just man, than a man (who is a) liar. (A person in need is merciful; and it is better to be poor but righteous, than to be a liar.)
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Proverbs 19:22
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Proverbs 19:22
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22 What a person desires is unfailing love[a];
better to be poor than a liar.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:22 Or Greed is a person’s shame
Proverbs 19:22
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Proverbs 19:22
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22 The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar.
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Proverbs 20:6
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Proverbs 20:6
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6 Many men be called merciful; but who shall find a faithful man? (Many people be called, or be thought to be, merciful; but who shall truly find a faithful person?)
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Proverbs 20:6
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Proverbs 20:6
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6 Many claim to have unfailing love,
but a faithful person who can find?(A)
Proverbs 20:6
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Proverbs 20:6
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6 Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
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Proverbs 20:28
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Proverbs 20:28
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28 Mercy and truth keep a king; and his throne is made strong by meekness. (Fairness and faithfulness, or loyalty, keep a king safe and secure; and his throne is made strong by humility, or by righteousness.)
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Proverbs 20:28
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Proverbs 20:28
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Proverbs 20:28
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28 Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
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Proverbs 21:21
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Proverbs 21:21
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21 He that followeth rightfulness and mercy, shall find life, [and rightwiseness,] and glory.
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Proverbs 21:21
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Proverbs 21:21
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- Proverbs 21:21 Or righteousness
Proverbs 21:21
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Proverbs 21:21
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21 He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
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Proverbs 27:6
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Proverbs 27:6
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6 Better be the wounds of him that loveth, than the guileful kisses of him that hateth. (Better be the wounds of him who loveth, than the deceitful kisses of him who hateth.)
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Proverbs 27:6
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Proverbs 27:6
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6 Wounds from a friend can be trusted,
but an enemy multiplies kisses.(A)
Proverbs 27:6
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Proverbs 27:6
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6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
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Proverbs 27:10
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Proverbs 27:10
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10 Forsake thou not thy friend, and the friend of thy father; and enter thou not into the house of thy brother, in the day of thy torment. Better is a neighbour nigh, than a brother afar. (Desert thou not thy friend, or thy father’s friend; and enter thou not into the house of thy brother, on the day of thy torment. For a friend close-by is better, than thy own brother far away.)
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Proverbs 27:10
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Proverbs 27:10
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10 Do not forsake your friend or a friend of your family,
and do not go to your relative’s house when disaster(A) strikes you—
better a neighbor nearby than a relative far away.
Proverbs 27:10
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Proverbs 27:10
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10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.
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