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12 Before destruction the heart of man is haughty;
And before honor goeth humility.

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14 The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity;
But a broken spirit who can [a]bear?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:14 Or, raise up

The foolishness of man subverteth his way;
And his heart fretteth against Jehovah.

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20 Hear counsel, and receive [a]instruction,
That thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

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  1. Proverbs 19:20 Or, correction

Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water;
But a man of understanding will draw it out.

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

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21 The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah as the watercourses:
He turneth it whithersoever he will.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes;
But Jehovah weigheth the hearts.

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11 He that loveth [a]pureness of heart,
[b]For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

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  1. Proverbs 22:11 Another reading is, the pure of heart.
  2. Proverbs 22:11 Or, Hath grace in his lips. Or, That hath grace in his lips

12 Apply thy heart unto [a]instruction,
And thine ears to the words of knowledge.

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  1. Proverbs 23:12 Or, correction

11 Deliver them that are carried away unto death,
And those that are [a]ready to be slain [b]see that thou hold back.
12 If thou sayest, Behold, we knew not [c]this;
Doth not he that weigheth the hearts consider it?
And he that keepeth thy soul, doth not he know it?
And shall not he render to every man according to his work?

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  1. Proverbs 24:11 Hebrew tottering to the slaughter.
  2. Proverbs 24:11 Or, forbear thou not to deliver
  3. Proverbs 24:12 Or, this man

17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth,
And let not thy heart be glad when he is overthrown;
18 Lest Jehovah see it, and it displease him,
And he turn away his wrath from him.

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19 Fret not thyself because of evil-doers;
Neither be thou envious at the wicked:
20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man;
The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

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