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Proverbs 15:23-25
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23 To make an apt answer is a joy to anyone,
    and a word in season, how good it is!(A)
24 For the wise the path of life leads upward,
    in order to avoid Sheol below.(B)
25 The Lord tears down the house of the proud
    but maintains the widow’s boundaries.(C)

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23 A person finds joy in giving an apt reply(A)—
    and how good is a timely word!(B)

24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent
    to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.

25 The Lord tears down the house of the proud,(C)
    but he sets the widow’s boundary stones in place.(D)

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23 A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!

24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

25 The Lord will destroy the house of the proud: but he will establish the border of the widow.

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23 A man has joy by the answer of his mouth,
And (A)a word spoken [a]in due season, how good it is!

24 (B)The way of life winds upward for the wise,
That he may (C)turn away from [b]hell below.

25 (D)The Lord will destroy the house of the proud,
But (E)He will establish the boundary of the widow.

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  1. Proverbs 15:23 Lit. in its time
  2. Proverbs 15:24 Or Sheol
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23 To make an apt answer is a joy to a man,
    and (A)a word in season, how good it is!
24 The path of life leads upward (B)for the prudent,
    that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.
25 The Lord tears down the house of (C)the proud
    but (D)maintains (E)the widow's boundaries.

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