Proverbs 20:28
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28 Lovingkindness and (A)truth will guard the king,
And he upholds his throne by lovingkindness.
Proverbs 21:8
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8 The way of a guilty man is (A)perverse,
But as for the pure, his work is upright.
Proverbs 21:29
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:29 Lit makes firm with his face
Proverbs 22:10-11
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10 (A)Drive out the scoffer, and strife will go out,
Even contention and disgrace will cease.
11 He who loves (B)purity of heart
And (C)grace on his lips, the king is his friend.
Proverbs 23:1-3
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The Fear of Yahweh
23 When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
Understand well [a]what is before you,
2 So you should put a knife to your throat
If you are a (A)man of appetite.
3 Do not (B)desire his delicacies,
For it is bread of falsehood.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:1 Or who
Proverbs 23:6-8
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6 (A)Do not eat the bread of [a]a (B)selfish man,
And do not desire his delicacies;
7 For as he [b]calculates in his soul, so he is.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
But (C)his heart is not with you.
8 You will (D)vomit up [c]the morsel you have eaten,
And you will corrupt your pleasant words.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:6 Lit an evil eye
- Proverbs 23:7 Lit reckons in his soul
- Proverbs 23:8 Lit your
Proverbs 25:5
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Proverbs 26:6
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6 He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence
Who sends words by the hand of a fool.
Proverbs 26:10
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10 [a]Like an archer who wounds everyone,
So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:10 Or A master workman produces all things, But he who hires a fool is like one who hires those who pass by
Proverbs 26:24-28
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24 He who (A)hates disguises it with his lips,
But he sets up (B)deceit within himself.
25 When he (C)makes his voice gracious, do not believe him,
For there are seven abominations in his heart.
26 Though his hatred (D)covers itself with guile,
His evil will be (E)revealed in the assembly.
27 He who (F)digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone, it will turn back on him.
28 A lying tongue hates [a]those it crushes,
And a (G)flattering mouth works ruin.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:28 Lit its crushed ones
Proverbs 28:21
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:21 Lit regard the face
Proverbs 29:5
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5 A man who (A)flatters his neighbor
Is spreading a net for his steps.
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