Proverbs 3:27-32
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27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due,
when it is in your power to act.
28 Do not say to your neighbor,
“Come back tomorrow and I’ll give it to you”—
when you already have it with you.(A)
29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor,
who lives trustfully near you.(B)
30 Do not accuse anyone for no reason—
when they have done you no harm.
31 Do not envy(C) the violent
or choose any of their ways.
Proverbs 10:2
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Proverbs 11:1
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Proverbs 13:3
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Proverbs 13:11
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11 Dishonest money dwindles away,(A)
but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.
Proverbs 14:2
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2 Whoever fears the Lord walks uprightly,
but those who despise him are devious in their ways.
Proverbs 14:5
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5 An honest witness does not deceive,
but a false witness pours out lies.(A)
Proverbs 15:27
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27 The greedy bring ruin to their households,
but the one who hates bribes will live.(A)
Proverbs 16:6
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Proverbs 16:8
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Proverbs 16:11
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11 Honest scales and balances belong to the Lord;
all the weights in the bag are of his making.(A)
Proverbs 17:2
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2 A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son
and will share the inheritance as one of the family.
Proverbs 17:8
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8 A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it;
they think success will come at every turn.(A)
Proverbs 17:23
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Proverbs 20:21
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21 An inheritance claimed too soon
will not be blessed at the end.
Proverbs 21:3
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3 To do what is right and just
is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.(A)
Proverbs 21:6-8
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7 The violence of the wicked will drag them away,(B)
for they refuse to do what is right.
8 The way of the guilty is devious,(C)
but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death
Proverbs 22:22-23
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Saying 2
Proverbs 24:23-26
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Further Sayings of the Wise
23 These also are sayings of the wise:(A)
To show partiality(B) in judging is not good:(C)
24 Whoever says to the guilty, “You are innocent,”(D)
will be cursed by peoples and denounced by nations.
25 But it will go well with those who convict the guilty,
and rich blessing will come on them.
26 An honest answer
is like a kiss on the lips.
Proverbs 28:3
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3 A ruler[a] who oppresses the poor
is like a driving rain that leaves no crops.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:3 Or A poor person
Proverbs 28:6
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6 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than the rich whose ways are perverse.(A)
Proverbs 28:8
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Proverbs 31:8-9
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