Proverbs 17:10-11
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10 A rebuke strikes deeper into a discerning person
than a hundred blows into a fool.
11 Evil people seek only rebellion,
but a cruel messenger will be sent against them.
Proverbs 19:20
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20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
that you may gain wisdom for the future.(A)
Proverbs 19:27
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27 My child, stop ignoring instruction,
straying[a] from words of knowledge.
Footnotes
- 19.27 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
Proverbs 20:2
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2 The dread anger of a king is like the growling of a lion;
anyone who provokes him to anger forfeits life itself.(A)
Proverbs 20:6
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6 Many proclaim themselves loyal,
but who can find one worthy of trust?(A)
Proverbs 20:8
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8 A king who sits on the throne of judgment
winnows all evil with his eyes.
Proverbs 20:11
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11 Even children make themselves known by their acts,
by whether what they do is pure and right.(A)
Proverbs 20:30
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30 Blows that wound cleanse away evil;
beatings make clean the innermost parts.
Proverbs 21:1
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21 The king’s heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
he turns it wherever he will.
Proverbs 22:11
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11 Those who love a pure heart and are gracious in speech
will have the king as a friend.(A)
Proverbs 25:2-7
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2 It is the glory of God to conceal things,
but the glory of kings is to search things out.(A)
3 Like the heavens for height, like the earth for depth,
so the mind of kings is unsearchable.
4 Take away the dross from the silver,
and the smith has material for a vessel;(B)
5 take away the wicked from the presence of the king,
and his throne will be established in righteousness.(C)
6 Do not put yourself forward in the king’s presence
or stand in the place of the great,
7 for 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(D)
Proverbs 27:18
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18 Anyone who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and anyone who takes care of a master will be honored.(A)
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