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32 For crooked people are detestable to the Eternal,
    but those with integrity receive His counsel.

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32 For the Lord detests the perverse(A)
    but takes the upright into his confidence.(B)

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30 The tree of life grows where the fruit of right-living falls,
    and whoever wins souls is wise.

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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,(A)
    and the one who is wise saves lives.

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26 Those who live right are good guides to those who follow,[a]
    but wrongdoers will steer their friends down the wrong path.

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Footnotes

  1. 12:26 Meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

26 The righteous choose their friends carefully,
    but the way of the wicked leads them astray.(A)

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20 The poor are hated even by their own neighbors,
    but the rich are loved by many friends.

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20 The poor are shunned even by their neighbors,
    but the rich have many friends.(A)

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28 Perverse people stir up contention;
    gossip makes best friends into enemies.

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28 A perverse person stirs up conflict,(A)
    and a gossip separates close friends.(B)

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Those who forgive faults foster love,
    but those who repeatedly recall them ruin relationships.

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Whoever would foster love covers over an offense,(A)
    but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.(B)

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17 A true friend loves regardless of the situation,
    and a real brother exists to share the tough times.

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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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19 Winning over an offended brother is harder than breaching a strong city’s defenses;
    such fights are as tough as the iron gates of a castle.

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19 A brother wronged(A) is more unyielding than a fortified city;
    disputes are like the barred gates of a citadel.

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24 Someone with many so-called friends may end up friendless,
    but a true friend is closer than a brother.

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24 One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin,
    but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.(A)

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Wealth attracts many friends,
    but the poor are soon separated from theirs.

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Wealth attracts many friends,
    but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.(A)

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Many try to win the favor of a generous person,
    and everyone is a friend to someone who gives gifts.
If a poor man is hated by his relatives,
    it is even more likely his friends will avoid him too!
Anyone who is calling after them
    [is not to be found].[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 19:7 Meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.

Many curry favor with a ruler,(A)
    and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.(B)

The poor are shunned by all their relatives—
    how much more do their friends avoid them!(C)
Though the poor pursue them with pleading,
    they are nowhere to be found.[a](D)

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  1. Proverbs 19:7 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.

Most people claim to be loyal,
    but can anyone find a trustworthy person?

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

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11 Those who love a pure heart and speak with grace
    will find that the king is their friend.

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11 One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace
    will have the king for a friend.(A)

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