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The Counsel of Yahweh Will Stand

19 (A)Better is a poor man who (B)walks in his integrity
Than he who is crooked in lips and is a fool.

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On Life and Conduct

19 (A)Better is a poor man who (B)walks in his integrity
Than he who is perverse in [a]speech and is a fool.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:1 Lit his lips

19 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than a fool whose lips are perverse.(A)

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15 My son, if your heart is (A)wise,
My own heart also will be glad;
16 And my [a]inmost being will exult
When your lips speak (B)upright things.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:16 Lit kidneys

15 My son, if your heart is (A)wise,
My own heart also will be glad;
16 And my [a]inmost being will rejoice
When your lips speak (B)what is right.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:16 Lit kidneys

Saying 14

15 My son, if your heart is wise,
    then my heart will be glad indeed;
16 my inmost being will rejoice
    when your lips speak what is right.(A)

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My Son, Fear Yahweh

24 Do not be (A)jealous of evil men,
And do not desire to (B)be with them;
For their heart meditates on (C)destruction,
And their lips (D)talk of mischief.

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Precepts and Warnings

24 Do not be (A)envious of evil men,
Nor desire to (B)be with them;
For their [a]minds devise (C)violence,
And their lips (D)talk of trouble.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:2 Lit hearts

Saying 20

24 Do not envy(A) the wicked,
    do not desire their company;
for their hearts plot violence,(B)
    and their lips talk about making trouble.(C)

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Like the legs which hang limp on the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

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Like the legs which [a]are useless to the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:7 Lit hang down from

Like the useless legs of one who is lame
    is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.(A)

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