32 For the perverse person is an abomination to the Lord,
(A)But His secret counsel is with the upright.

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32 For the froward is abomination to the Lord:
but his secret is with the righteous.

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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 fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,
And (A)he who [a]wins souls is wise.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:30 Lit. takes, in the sense of brings, cf. 1 Sam. 16:11

30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life;
    and he that winneth 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 The righteous should choose his friends carefully,
For the way of the wicked leads them astray.

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26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour:
    but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

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

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20 (A)The poor man is hated even by his own neighbor,
But [a]the rich has many (B)friends.

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  1. Proverbs 14:20 Lit. many are the lovers of the rich

20 The poor is hated even of his own neighbour:
    but the rich hath 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 A perverse man sows strife,
And (A)a whisperer separates the best of friends.

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28 A froward man soweth strife:
    and a whisperer separateth chief friends.

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

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(A)He who covers a transgression seeks love,
But (B)he who repeats a matter separates friends.

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He that covereth a transgression seeketh love;
    but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends.

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

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17 A friend loveth 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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19 A brother offended is harder to win than a strong city,
And contentions are like the bars of a castle.

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19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city:
    and their contentions are like the bars 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 A man who has friends [a]must himself be friendly,
(A)But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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  1. Proverbs 18:24 So with Gr. mss., Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT may come to ruin

24 A man that hath friends must shew himself friendly:
    and there is a friend that sticketh 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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