Proverbs 2:10-11
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10 For wisdom will enter your heart,
and knowledge will delight you.
11 Discretion will watch over you,
and understanding will guard you.(A)
Proverbs 2:20
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20 So follow the way of the good,(A)
and keep to the paths of the righteous.
Proverbs 4:14-19
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14 Keep off the path of the wicked;(A)
don’t proceed on the way of evil ones.
15 Avoid it; don’t travel on it.
Turn away from it, and pass it by.
16 For they can’t sleep
unless they have done what is evil;
they are robbed of sleep
unless they make someone stumble.(B)
17 They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
18 The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,(C)
shining brighter and brighter until midday.
19 But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom;(D)
they don’t know what makes them stumble.(E)
Proverbs 13:20
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20 The one who walks with the wise will become wise,
but a companion of fools will suffer harm.
Proverbs 16:28
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28 A contrary person spreads conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends.(A)
Proverbs 17:12
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12 Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs(A)
than a fool in his foolishness.
Proverbs 17:17
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17 A friend loves at all times,(A)
and a brother is born for a difficult time.
Proverbs 18:24
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Footnotes
- 18:24 Some LXX mss, Syr, Tg, Vg read friends must be friendly
Proverbs 19:4
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4 Wealth attracts many friends,(A)
but a poor person is separated from his friend.
Proverbs 19:6-7
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Proverbs 20:19
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Proverbs 22:24-25
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24 Don’t make friends with an angry person,[a]
and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered one,(A)
25 or you will learn his ways(B)
and entangle yourself in a snare.
Footnotes
- 22:24 Lit with a master of anger
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