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12 If a ruler listens to lies,
    all his servants are wicked.

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12 If a ruler hearkeneth to falsehood,
All his servants are wicked.

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12 If a ruler(A) listens to lies,
    all his officials become wicked.(B)

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19 A servant will not be corrected by words,
    for though he understands he will not answer.

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19 A servant will not be corrected by words;
For though he understand, he will not [a]give heed.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:19 Hebrew answer.

19 Servants cannot be corrected by mere words;
    though they understand, they will not respond.

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21 He who delicately brings up his servant from a child
    will have him as a son in the end.

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21 He that delicately bringeth up his servant from a child
Shall have him become [a]a son at the last.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:21 The meaning of the word is doubtful.

21 A servant pampered from youth
    will turn out to be insolent.

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