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Proverbs 19:1
New Living Translation
Proverbs 19:1
New Living Translation
19 Better to be poor and honest
than to be dishonest and a fool.
Proverbs 19:1
Living Bible
Proverbs 19:1
Living Bible
19 Better to be poor and honest than rich[a] and dishonest.
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- Proverbs 19:1 rich, literally, “a fool.”
Proverbs 19:1
New International Version
Proverbs 19:1
New International Version
19 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than a fool whose lips are perverse.(A)
Proverbs 19:1
King James Version
Proverbs 19:1
King James Version
19 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
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Proverbs 23:15-16
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Proverbs 23:15-16
New Living Translation
15 My child,[a] if your heart is wise,
my own heart will rejoice!
16 Everything in me will celebrate
when you speak what is right.
Proverbs 23:15-16
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Proverbs 23:15-16
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15-16 My son, how I will rejoice if you become a man of common sense. Yes, my heart will thrill to your thoughtful, wise words.
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Proverbs 23:15-16
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Proverbs 23:15-16
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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)
Proverbs 23:15-16
King James Version
Proverbs 23:15-16
King James Version
15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.
16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.
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Proverbs 24:1-2
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Proverbs 24:1-2
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24 Don’t envy evil people
or desire their company.
2 For their hearts plot violence,
and their words always stir up trouble.
Proverbs 24:1-2
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Proverbs 24:1-2
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24 Don’t envy godless men; don’t even enjoy their company. 2 For they spend their days plotting violence and cheating.
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Proverbs 24:1-2
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Proverbs 24:1-2
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Saying 20
Proverbs 24:1-2
King James Version
Proverbs 24:1-2
King James Version
24 Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.
2 For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.
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Proverbs 26:7
New Living Translation
Proverbs 26:7
New Living Translation
7 A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is as useless as a paralyzed leg.
Proverbs 26:7
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Proverbs 26:7
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7 In the mouth of a fool a proverb becomes as useless as a paralyzed leg.
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Proverbs 26:7
New International Version
Proverbs 26:7
New International Version
7 Like the useless legs of one who is lame
is a proverb in the mouth of a fool.(A)
Proverbs 26:7
King James Version
Proverbs 26:7
King James Version
7 The legs of the lame are not equal: so is a parable in the mouth of fools.
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