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The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold;
But Jehovah trieth the hearts.

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10 The name of Jehovah is a strong tower;
The righteous runneth into it, and [a]is safe.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:10 Hebrew is set on high.

24 [a]He that maketh many friends doeth it to his own destruction;
But there is a [b]friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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  1. Proverbs 18:24 Hebrew A man of friends.
  2. Proverbs 18:24 Hebrew lover.

17 He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto Jehovah,
And his good deed will he pay him again.

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21 There are many devices in a man’s heart;
But the counsel of Jehovah, that shall stand.

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12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,
Jehovah hath made even both of them.

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22 Say not thou, I will recompense evil:
Wait for Jehovah, and he will save thee.

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24 A man’s goings are of Jehovah;
How then can man understand his way?

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27 The spirit of man is the lamp of Jehovah,
Searching all his innermost parts.

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To do righteousness and justice
Is more acceptable to Jehovah than sacrifice.

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30 There is no wisdom nor understanding
Nor counsel against Jehovah.
31 The horse is prepared against the day of battle;
But [a]victory is of Jehovah.

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  1. Proverbs 21:31 Or, deliverance

The rich and the poor meet together:
Jehovah is the maker of them all.

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