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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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 He (A)who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets,
But he who is [a]trustworthy (B)conceals a matter.

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  1. Proverbs 11:13 Lit faithful of spirit

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

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

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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

By (A)lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for,
And by the [a](B)fear of the Lord one keeps away from evil.

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  1. Proverbs 16:6 Or reverence

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

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

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  1. Proverbs 19:22 Or loyalty

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

Many a man (A)proclaims his own loyalty,
But who can find a (B)trustworthy man?

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

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28 [a]Loyalty and (A)truth preserve the king,
And he upholds his throne by [b]righteousness.

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  1. Proverbs 20:28 Lit Covenant loyalty
  2. Proverbs 20:28 Lit Covenant loyalty

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

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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 harlot is a (C)deep pit
And an [b](D)adulterous woman is a narrow well.
28 Surely she (E)lurks as a robber,
And increases the [c]faithless among men.

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  1. Proverbs 23:26 Another reading is observe
  2. Proverbs 23:27 Lit strange
  3. Proverbs 23:28 Lit treacherous

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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13 Like the cold of snow in the [a]time of harvest
Is a (A)faithful messenger to those who send him,
For he refreshes the soul of his masters.

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  1. Proverbs 25:13 Lit day

13 Like a snow-cooled drink at harvest time
    is a trustworthy messenger to the one who sends him;
    he refreshes the spirit of his master.(A)

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19 Like a bad tooth and [a]an unsteady foot
Is confidence in a (A)faithless man in time of trouble.

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  1. Proverbs 25:19 Lit a slipping foot

19 Like a broken tooth or a lame foot
    is reliance on the unfaithful in a time of trouble.

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20 A (A)faithful man will abound with blessings,
But he who (B)makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished.

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20 A faithful person will be richly blessed,
    but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.(A)

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