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Proverbs 20:28
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Proverbs 20:28
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- 20.28 Gk: Heb loyalty
Proverbs 20:28
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Proverbs 20:28
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28 (A)Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king,
and by steadfast love his (B)throne is upheld.
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Proverbs 21:8
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Proverbs 21:8
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8 The way of the guilty is crooked,
but the conduct of the pure is right.
Proverbs 21:8
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Proverbs 21:8
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8 The way of the guilty (A)is crooked,
but the conduct of the pure is upright.
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Proverbs 21:8
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8 The way of the guilty is devious,(A)
but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
Proverbs 21:29
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Proverbs 21:29
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- 21.29 Or establish
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- Proverbs 21:29 Or establishes
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29 The wicked put up a bold front,
but the upright give thought to their ways.(A)
Proverbs 22:10-11
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Proverbs 22:10-11
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10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife goes out;
quarreling and abuse will cease.(A)
11 Those who love a pure heart and are gracious in speech
will have the king as a friend.(B)
Proverbs 22:10-11
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Proverbs 22:10-11
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10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife;
quarrels and insults are ended.(A)
11 One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace
will have the king for a friend.(B)
Proverbs 23:1-3
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Proverbs 23:1-3
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Proverbs 23:1-3
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23 When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
observe carefully what[a] is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat
if you are given to appetite.
3 (A)Do not desire his delicacies,
for they are deceptive food.
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- Proverbs 23:1 Or who
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Proverbs 23:1-3
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Proverbs 23:6-8
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Proverbs 23:6-8
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6 Do not eat the bread of the stingy;
do not desire their delicacies,(A)
7 for like a hair in the throat, so are they.[a]
“Eat and drink!” they say to you,
but they do not mean it.(B)
8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten,
and you will waste your pleasant words.
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- 23.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Proverbs 23:6-8
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Proverbs 23:6-8
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6 (A)Do not eat the bread of a man who is (B)stingy;[a]
(C)do not desire his delicacies,
7 for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.[b]
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
but his (D)heart is not with you.
8 You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten,
and waste your pleasant words.
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- Proverbs 23:6 Hebrew whose eye is evil
- Proverbs 23:7 Or for as he calculates in his soul, so is he
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Proverbs 23:6-8
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- Proverbs 23:7 Or for as he thinks within himself, / so he is; or for as he puts on a feast, / so he is
Proverbs 25:5
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Proverbs 25:5
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5 take away the wicked from the presence of the king,
and his throne will be established in righteousness.(A)
Proverbs 25:5
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Proverbs 25:5
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5 take away (A)the wicked from the presence of the king,
and his (B)throne will be established in righteousness.
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Proverbs 26:6
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Proverbs 26:6
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6 It is like cutting off one’s foot and drinking down violence,
to send a message by a fool.
Proverbs 26:6
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Proverbs 26:6
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6 Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool
cuts off his own feet and (A)drinks violence.
Proverbs 26:6
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Proverbs 26:6
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6 Sending a message by the hands of a fool(A)
is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking poison.
Proverbs 26:10
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Proverbs 26:10
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10 Like an archer who wounds everybody
is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.[a]
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- 26.10 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Proverbs 26:10
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Proverbs 26:10
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10 Like an archer who wounds everyone
is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.[a]
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- Proverbs 26:10 Or hires a fool or passersby
Proverbs 26:10
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Proverbs 26:10
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10 Like an archer who wounds at random
is one who hires a fool or any passer-by.
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