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 not loyalty and faithfulness forsake you;
    bind them about your neck,
    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 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

13 He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets,
    but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing hidden.

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

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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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22 Do they not err that devise evil?
    Those who devise good meet loyalty and faithfulness.

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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)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

By loyalty and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for,
    and by the fear of the Lord a man avoids 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 (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 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 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

22 What is desired in a man is loyalty,
    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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  1. Proverbs 19:22 Or Greed is a person’s shame

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

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Many a man proclaims his own loyalty,
    but a faithful man who can find?

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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 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

28 Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king,
    and his throne is upheld by righteousness.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 20:28 Gk: Heb 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 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

26 My son, give me your heart,
    and let your eyes observe[a] my ways.
27 For a harlot is a deep pit;
    an adventuress is a narrow well.
28 She lies in wait like a robber
    and increases the faithless among men.

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  1. Proverbs 23:26 Another reading is delight in

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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