20 Thus you will walk in the ways of the good
    and keep to the paths of the righteous.

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20 So you will walk in the way of the good
    and keep to the paths of the righteous.

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20 That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the paths of the righteous.

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Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still;
    teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.(A)

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Give instruction[a] to a wise man, and he will be (A)still wiser;
    teach a righteous man, and he will (B)increase in learning.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 9:9 Hebrew lacks instruction

Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.

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Blessings crown the head of the righteous,
    but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.[a](A)

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  1. Proverbs 10:6 Or righteous, / but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence

Blessings are on the head of the righteous,
    but (A)the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:6 Or but violence covers the mouth of the wicked; also verse 11

Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

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11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life,(A)
    but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.(B)

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11 (A)The mouth of the righteous is (B)a fountain of life,
    but the mouth of the wicked (C)conceals violence.

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11 The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.

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16 The wages of the righteous is life,(A)
    but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.(B)

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16 The wage of the righteous leads (A)to life,
    the gain of the wicked to sin.

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16 The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

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20 The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
    but the heart of the wicked is of little value.

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20 The tongue of the righteous is (A)choice silver;
    the heart of the wicked is of little worth.

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20 The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.

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21 The lips of the righteous nourish many,
    but fools die for lack of sense.(A)

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21 The lips of the righteous feed many,
    but fools die for (A)lack of sense.

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21 The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.

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24 What the wicked dread(A) will overtake them;(B)
    what the righteous desire will be granted.(C)

25 When the storm has swept by, the wicked are gone,
    but the righteous stand firm(D) forever.(E)

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24 (A)What the wicked dreads (B)will come upon him,
    but (C)the desire of the righteous will be granted.
25 When (D)the tempest passes, the wicked is no more,
    but (E)the righteous is established forever.

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24 The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him: but the desire of the righteous shall be granted.

25 As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.

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28 The prospect of the righteous is joy,
    but the hopes of the wicked come to nothing.(A)

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28 (A)The hope of the righteous brings joy,
    (B)but the expectation of the wicked will perish.

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28 The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.

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