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Let not kindness and truth forsake thee:
Bind them about thy neck;
Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:
So shalt thou find favor and [a]good understanding
In the sight of God and man.

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  1. Proverbs 3:4 Or, good repute

13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,
And the man that [a]getteth understanding.
14 For the gaining of it is better than the gaining of silver,
And the profit thereof than fine gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies:
And none of the things thou canst desire are to be compared unto her.
16 Length of days is in her right hand;
In her left hand are riches and honor.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
And all her paths are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her:
And happy is every one that retaineth her.

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  1. Proverbs 3:13 Hebrew draweth forth.

35 The wise shall inherit glory;
But [a]shame shall be the promotion of fools.

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  1. Proverbs 3:35 Or, fools carry away shame

[a]Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom;
Yea, with all [b]thy getting get understanding.
Exalt her, and she will promote thee;
She will bring thee to honor, when thou dost embrace her.
She will give to thy head a chaplet of grace;
A crown of [c]beauty will she deliver to thee.

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  1. Proverbs 4:7 Or, The beginning of wisdom is, Get wisdom
  2. Proverbs 4:7 Or, thou hast gotten
  3. Proverbs 4:9 Or, glory

The memory of the righteous is blessed;
But the name of the wicked shall rot.

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16 A gracious woman obtaineth honor;
And violent men obtain riches.

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26 He that withholdeth grain, the people shall curse him;
But blessing shall be upon the head of him that selleth it.
27 He that diligently seeketh good seeketh favor;
But he that searcheth after evil, it shall come unto him.

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A man shall be commended according to his wisdom;
But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

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Better is he that is lightly esteemed, and hath a servant,
Than he that honoreth himself, and lacketh bread.

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15 Good understanding [a]giveth favor;
But the way of the transgressor is hard.

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  1. Proverbs 13:15 Or, getteth

18 Poverty and shame shall be to him that refuseth [a]correction;
But he that regardeth reproof shall be honored.

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  1. Proverbs 13:18 Or, instruction

35 The king’s favor is toward a servant that dealeth wisely;
But his wrath will be against him that [a]causeth shame.

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  1. Proverbs 14:35 Or, doeth shamefully