16 Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life,
    but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.(A)

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16 Those who keep the commandment will live;
    those who are heedless of their ways will die.(A)

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16 He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die.

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20 Listen to advice and accept discipline,(A)
    and at the end you will be counted among the wise.(B)

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20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
    that you may gain wisdom for the future.(A)

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20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

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25 Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence;
    rebuke the discerning,(A) and they will gain knowledge.(B)

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25 Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
    reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge.(A)

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25 Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.

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27 Stop listening to instruction, my son,(A)
    and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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27 My child, stop ignoring instruction,
    straying[a] from words of knowledge.

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Footnotes

  1. 19.27 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain

27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

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