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Proverbs 3:3
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3 Don’t ·ever forget kindness and truth [L let loyalty and faithfulness abandon you].
    ·Wear [Bind] them ·like a necklace [L on your neck].
    Write them on your heart as if on a tablet.

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Listen to Proverbs 3:3, Proverbs 11:13, Proverbs 14:22, Proverbs 16:6, Proverbs 17:17, Proverbs 19:22, Proverbs 20:6, Proverbs 20:28, Proverbs 23:26-28
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Proverbs 3:3
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3 Do not let (A)kindness and truth leave you;
(B)Bind them around your neck,
(C)Write them on the tablet of your heart.

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Listen to Proverbs 3:3, Proverbs 11:13, Proverbs 14:22, Proverbs 16:6, Proverbs 17:17, Proverbs 19:22, Proverbs 20:6, Proverbs 20:28, Proverbs 23:26-28
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Proverbs 3:3
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3 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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Proverbs 11:13
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13 Gossips ·can’t keep [L go/walk around revealing] secrets,
but a trustworthy person ·can [keeps a confidence; L covers up a word].

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Proverbs 11:13
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13 One (A)who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets,
But one who is [a]trustworthy (B)conceals a matter.

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  1. Proverbs 11:13 Lit faithful of spirit
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Proverbs 11:13
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13 A gossip betrays a confidence,(A)
    but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.(B)

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Proverbs 14:22
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22 ·Those [L Do not those…?] who make evil plans ·will be ruined [L wander aimlessly],
but those who plan to do good will ·be loved and trusted [receive loyalty and faithfulness].

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Proverbs 14:22
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22 Will they who (A)devise evil not go astray?
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.

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Proverbs 14:22
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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
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Proverbs 16:6
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6 ·Love [Loyalty] and ·truth [faithfulness] bring ·forgiveness of sin [atonement for guilt].
By ·respecting [fearing] the Lord you will avoid evil.

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Proverbs 16:6
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6 By (A)mercy and truth atonement is made for wrongdoing,
And by [a]the (B)fear of the Lord one keeps away from evil.

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  1. Proverbs 16:6 Or reverence for
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Proverbs 16:6
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6 Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for;
    through the fear of the Lord(A) evil is avoided.(B)

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Proverbs 17:17
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17 A friend loves you all the time,
and a brother ·helps in [L is born for a] time of trouble.

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Proverbs 17:17
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17 A (A)friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.

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

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Proverbs 19:22
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22 People ·want [desire] others to be loyal,
so it is better to be poor than to be a liar.

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Proverbs 19:22
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22 What is desirable in a person is his [a]kindness,
And it is better to be a poor person than a liar.

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  1. Proverbs 19:22 Or loyalty
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Proverbs 19:22
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22 What a person desires is unfailing love[a];
    better to be poor than a liar.

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  1. Proverbs 19:22 Or Greed is a person’s shame
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Proverbs 20:6
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6 Many people claim to be loyal,
but it is hard to find a ·trustworthy [reliable] person.

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Proverbs 20:6
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6 Many a person (A)proclaims his own loyalty,
But who can find a (B)trustworthy person?

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Proverbs 20:6
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6 Many claim to have unfailing love,
    but a faithful person who can find?(A)

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Proverbs 20:28
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28 Loyalty and ·truth [faithfulness] ·keep a king in power [protect a king];
he ·continues to rule [supports his throne] if he is loyal.

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Proverbs 20:28
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28 [a]Loyalty and (A)truth watch over the king,
And he upholds his throne by [b]loyalty.

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  1. Proverbs 20:28 I.e., covenant loyalty
  2. Proverbs 20:28 I.e., covenant loyalty
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Proverbs 20:28
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28 Love and faithfulness keep a king safe;
    through love(A) his throne is made secure.(B)

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Proverbs 23:26-28
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26 My son, ·pay attention [L give your heart] to me,
    and ·watch closely what I do [let your eyes watch/or delight in my path].
27 A prostitute is as dangerous as a deep pit,
    and an ·unfaithful wife [L foreign woman] is like a narrow well.
28 They ambush you like robbers
    and cause many men to be unfaithful to their wives.

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Proverbs 23:26-28
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26 (A)Give me your heart, my son,
And let your eyes [a](B)delight in my ways.
27 For a prostitute is a (C)deep pit,
And a [b](D)strange woman is a narrow well.
28 Certainly she (E)lurks as a robber,
And increases the treacherous among mankind.

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  1. Proverbs 23:26 Another reading is observe
  2. Proverbs 23:27 Lit foreign
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Proverbs 23:26-28
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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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