Proverbs 20:28
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:28 I.e., covenant loyalty
- Proverbs 20:28 I.e., covenant loyalty
Proverbs 21:8
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8 The way of a guilty person is (A)crooked,
But as for the pure, his conduct 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 leave,
Even quarreling and dishonor will cease.
11 One who loves (B)purity of heart
And [a]whose speech is (C)gracious, the king is his friend.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:11 Lit has grace on his lips
Proverbs 23:1-3
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On Life and Conduct
23 When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
Consider carefully [a]what is before you,
2 And put a knife to your throat
If you are a (A)person of great appetite.
3 Do not (B)desire his delicacies,
For it is deceptive food.
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 person;
Or desire his delicacies;
7 For as he [b]thinks within himself, so he is.
He says to you, “Eat and drink!”
But (C)his heart is not with you.
8 You will (D)vomit up [c]the morsel you have eaten
And waste your [d]compliments.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:6 Lit an evil eye
- Proverbs 23:7 Lit reckons in his soul
- Proverbs 23:8 Lit your
- Proverbs 23:8 Lit pleasant words
Proverbs 25:5
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Proverbs 26:6
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6 One who sends a message by the hand of a fool
Chops off his own feet and drinks violence.
Proverbs 26:10
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10 [a]Like an archer who wounds everyone,
So is one who hires a fool or hires those who pass by.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:10 Or A master workman produces all things, But one who hires a fool is like one who hires those who pass by
Proverbs 26:24-28
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24 One who (A)hates disguises it with his lips,
But he harbors (B)deceit in his [a]heart.
25 When [b]he (C)speaks graciously, do not believe him,
Because there are seven abominations in his heart.
26 Though his hatred (D)covers itself with deception,
His wickedness will be (E)revealed in the assembly.
27 One who (F)digs a pit will fall into it,
And one who rolls a stone, it will come back on him.
28 A lying tongue hates [c]those it crushes,
And a (G)flattering mouth works ruin.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:24 Lit inward part
- Proverbs 26:25 Lit his voice is gracious
- 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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