Proverbs 17:11
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:11 Or a merciless angel
Proverbs 17:19-20
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19 One who loves to offend loves strife;(A)
one who builds a high threshold invites injury.
20 One with a twisted mind will not succeed,
and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin.(B)
Proverbs 17:24
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24 Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,
but a fool’s eyes(A) roam to the ends of the earth.
Proverbs 18:1-2
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18 One who isolates himself pursues selfish desires;
he rebels against all sound judgment.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 18:2 Lit to uncover his heart
Proverbs 20:14
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14 “It’s worthless, it’s worthless!” the buyer says,
but after he is on his way, he gloats.
Proverbs 21:29
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29 A wicked man puts on a bold face,(A)
but the upright man considers his way.
Proverbs 22:10
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Proverbs 22:8
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8 The one who sows injustice will reap disaster,(A)
and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
Proverbs 22:26
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 22:26 Lit who shakes hands
Proverbs 23:1-3
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23 When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
consider carefully what[a] is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat
if you have a big[b] appetite;
3 don’t desire his choice food,(A)
for that food is deceptive.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:1 Or who
- Proverbs 23:2 Lit you are the master of an
Proverbs 23:6-9
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6 Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread,[a](A)
and don’t desire his choice food,(B)
7 for it’s like someone calculating inwardly.[b](C)
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.(D)
8 You will vomit the little you’ve eaten
and waste your pleasant words.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:6 Lit eat bread of an evil eye
- Proverbs 23:7 LXX reads it is like someone swallowing a hair in the throat
- Proverbs 23:9 Lit in the ears of
Proverbs 26:6
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