(A)The wise of heart will receive commandments,
    but a babbling fool will come to ruin.

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17 Whoever heeds instruction is on (A)the path to life,
    but he who rejects reproof leads others astray.

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29 Whoever (A)troubles his own household will (B)inherit the wind,
    and the fool will be servant to the wise of heart.

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12 Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but he who (A)hates reproof is (B)stupid.

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13 A wise son hears his father's instruction,
    but (A)a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

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18 Poverty and disgrace come to him who (A)ignores instruction,
    (B)but whoever (C)heeds reproof is honored.

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(A)A fool (B)despises his father's instruction,
    but (C)whoever heeds reproof is prudent.

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10 There is (A)severe discipline for him who forsakes the way;
    (B)whoever hates reproof will die.

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12 (A)A scoffer (B)does not like to be reproved;
    he will not go to the wise.

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31 (A)The ear that listens to (B)life-giving reproof
    will dwell among the wise.
32 Whoever (C)ignores instruction (D)despises himself,
    but he who listens to reproof (E)gains intelligence.

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14 (A)A king's wrath is a messenger of death,
    and a wise man will (B)appease it.
15 (C)In the light of a king's face there is life,
    and his (D)favor is like (E)the clouds that bring the spring rain.

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A servant who deals wisely will rule over (A)a son who acts shamefully
    and (B)will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.

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10 A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding
    than a hundred blows into a fool.
11 An evil man seeks only rebellion,
    and (A)a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

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20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
    that you may gain wisdom in (A)the future.

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27 Cease to hear instruction, my son,
    (A)and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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The terror of a king is like (A)the growling of a lion;
    whoever provokes him to anger (B)forfeits his life.

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Many a man (A)proclaims his own steadfast love,
    but (B)a faithful man who can find?

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(A)A king who sits on the throne of judgment
    (B)winnows all evil with his eyes.

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11 Even a child (A)makes himself known by his acts,
    by whether his conduct is pure and upright.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:11 Or Even a child can dissemble in his actions, though his conduct seems pure and upright

30 (A)Blows that wound cleanse away evil;
    strokes make clean (B)the innermost parts.

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21 The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
    he (A)turns it wherever he will.

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11 He who (A)loves purity of heart,
    and whose (B)speech is gracious, (C)will have the king as his friend.

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It is the glory of God to (A)conceal things,
    but the glory of kings is to (B)search things out.
As the heavens for height, and the earth for depth,
    so the heart of kings is (C)unsearchable.
Take away (D)the dross from the silver,
    and (E)the smith has material for a vessel;
take away (F)the wicked from the presence of the king,
    and his (G)throne will be established in righteousness.
Do not put yourself forward in the king's presence
    or stand in the place of the great,
for (H)it is better to be told, “Come up here,”
    than to be put lower in the presence of a noble.

What your eyes have seen

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18 (A)Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
    and he who (B)guards his master will be honored.

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