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15 By me kings rule.
    Leaders make laws that are fair.
16 By me princes and nobles govern.
    It is by me that anyone rules on earth.
17 I love those who love me.
    Those who look for me find me.

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15 By me kings reign
    and rulers(A) issue decrees that are just;
16 by me princes govern,(B)
    and nobles—all who rule on earth.[a]
17 I love those who love me,(C)
    and those who seek me find me.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:16 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; other Hebrew manuscripts all righteous rulers