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Let not mercy and truth forsake thee:
bind them about thy neck;
write them upon the table of thine heart:

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Let not kindness and truth forsake thee:
Bind them about thy neck;
Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

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Let love and faithfulness(A) never leave you;
    bind them around your neck,
    write them on the tablet of your heart.(B)

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13 A talebearer revealeth secrets:
    but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.

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13 He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets;
But he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth a matter.

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13 A gossip betrays a confidence,(A)
    but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.(B)

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22 Do they not err that devise evil?
    but mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

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22 [a]Do they not err that devise evil?
But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:22 Or, Shall they not go astray

22 Do not those who plot evil go astray?(A)
    But those who plan what is good find[a] love and faithfulness.

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  1. Proverbs 14:22 Or show

By mercy and truth iniquity is purged:
    and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

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By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for;
And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.

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Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;
    through the fear of the Lord(A) evil is avoided.(B)

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17 A friend loveth at all times,
    and a brother is born for adversity.

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17 A friend loveth at all times;
And [a]a brother is born for adversity.

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  1. Proverbs 17:17 Or, is born as a brother

17 A friend loves at all times,
    and a brother is born for a time of adversity.(A)

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22 The desire of a man is his kindness:
    and a poor man is better than a liar.

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22 That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness;
And a poor man is better than a liar.

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22 What a person desires is unfailing love[a];
    better to be poor than a liar.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:22 Or Greed is a person’s shame

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness:
    but a faithful man who can find?

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[a]Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness;
But a faithful man who can find?

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  1. Proverbs 20:6 Or, Many a man will meet one that is kind to him

Many claim to have unfailing love,
    but a faithful person who can find?(A)

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28 Mercy and truth preserve the king:
    and his throne is upholden by mercy.

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28 Kindness and truth preserve the king;
And [a]his throne is upholden by kindness.

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  1. Proverbs 20:28 Or, he upholdeth his throne

28 Love and faithfulness keep a king safe;
    through love(A) his throne is made secure.(B)

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26 My son, give me thine heart,
and let thine eyes observe my ways.
27 For a whore is a deep ditch;
and a strange woman is a narrow pit.
28 She also lieth in wait as for a prey,
and increaseth the transgressors among men.

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26 My son, give me thy heart;
And let thine eyes [a]delight in my ways.
27 For a harlot is a deep ditch;
And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
28 Yea, she lieth in wait [b]as a robber,
And increaseth the treacherous among men.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:26 Another reading is, observe
  2. Proverbs 23:28 Or, as for a prey

Saying 18

26 My son,(A) give me your heart
    and let your eyes delight in my ways,(B)
27 for an adulterous woman is a deep pit,(C)
    and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
28 Like a bandit she lies in wait(D)
    and multiplies the unfaithful among men.

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