Proverbs 17:10-11
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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 cruel messenger will be sent against him.
Proverbs 19:20
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20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
that you may gain wisdom for the future.
Proverbs 19:27
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27 Cease, my son, to hear instruction
only to stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 20:2
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2 The dread wrath of a king is like the growling of a lion;
he who provokes him to anger forfeits his life.
Proverbs 20:6
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6 Many a man proclaims his own loyalty,
but a faithful man who can find?
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 a child makes himself known by his acts,
whether what he does is pure and right.
Proverbs 20:30
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30 Blows that wound cleanse away evil;
strokes 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 He who loves purity of heart,
and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
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.
3 As the heavens for height, and 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;
5 take away the wicked from the presence of the king,
and his throne will be established in righteousness.
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 the prince.
What your eyes have seen
Proverbs 27:18
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18 He who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,
and he who guards his master will be honored.
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