Don’t be wise in your own eyes;(A)
fear the Lord and turn away from evil.(B)
This will be healing for your body[a](C)
and strengthening for your bones.(D)

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  1. 3:8 Lit navel

Don’t be impressed with your own wisdom.
    Instead, fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
Then you will have healing for your body
    and strength for your bones.

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Do not be wise in your own eyes;(A)
    fear the Lord(B) and shun evil.(C)
This will bring health to your body(D)
    and nourishment to your bones.(E)

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29 The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the honorable,
but destruction awaits evildoers.(A)

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29 The way of the Lord is a stronghold to those with integrity,
    but it destroys the wicked.

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29 The way of the Lord is a refuge for the blameless,
    but it is the ruin of those who do evil.(A)

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When the wicked person dies,
his expectation comes to nothing,
and hope placed in wealth[a][b] vanishes.(A)

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  1. 11:7 LXX reads hope of the ungodly
  2. 11:7 Or strength

When the wicked die, their hopes die with them,
    for they rely on their own feeble strength.

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Hopes placed in mortals die with them;(A)
    all the promise of[a] their power comes to nothing.(B)

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  1. Proverbs 11:7 Two Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts, Vulgate, Syriac and Targum When the wicked die, their hope perishes; / all they expected from

22 A joyful heart is good medicine,
but a broken spirit dries up the bones.(A)

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22 A cheerful heart is good medicine,
    but a broken spirit saps a person’s strength.

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22 A cheerful heart is good medicine,
    but a crushed(A) spirit dries up the bones.(B)

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10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower;(A)
the righteous run to it and are protected.[a](B)

11 The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;
in his imagination it is like a high wall.(C)

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  1. 18:10 Lit raised high

10 The name of the Lord is a strong fortress;
    the godly run to him and are safe.

11 The rich think of their wealth as a strong defense;
    they imagine it to be a high wall of safety.

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10 The name of the Lord is a fortified tower;(A)
    the righteous run to it and are safe.(B)

11 The wealth of the rich is their fortified city;(C)
    they imagine it a wall too high to scale.

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29 The glory of young men is their strength,
and the splendor of old men is gray hair.(A)

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29 The glory of the young is their strength;
    the gray hair of experience is the splendor of the old.

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29 The glory of young men is their strength,
    gray hair the splendor of the old.(A)

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22 A wise person went up against a city of warriors
and brought down its secure fortress.(A)

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22 The wise conquer the city of the strong
    and level the fortress in which they trust.

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22 One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty(A)
    and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.

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A house is built by wisdom,(A)
and it is established by understanding;

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A house is built by wisdom
    and becomes strong through good sense.

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Saying 21

By wisdom a house is built,(A)
    and through understanding it is established;

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A wise warrior is better than a strong one,[a]
and a man of knowledge than one of strength;[b](A)

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  1. 24:5 LXX, Syr; MT reads is in strength
  2. 24:5 LXX, Syr, Tg; MT reads knowledge exerts strength

The wise are mightier than the strong,[a]
    and those with knowledge grow stronger and stronger.

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  1. 24:5 As in Greek version; Hebrew reads A wise man is strength.

Saying 22

The wise prevail through great power,
    and those who have knowledge muster their strength.

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