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11 A rebellious man seeks only evil,
So a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

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11 An evil man seeks only rebellion,
    and (A)a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

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19 He who (A)loves transgression loves quarreling;
He who (B)makes his doorway high seeks destruction.
20 He who has a crooked heart (C)finds no good,
And he who is (D)perverted in his tongue falls into evil.

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19 Whoever loves transgression loves strife;
    he who (A)makes his door high seeks destruction.
20 (B)A man of crooked heart does not discover good,
    and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.

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24 Wisdom is in the presence of the one who understands,
But the (A)eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

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24 (A)The discerning sets his face toward wisdom,
    but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.

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18 He who separates himself seeks his own desire,
He (A)breaks out in dispute against all sound wisdom.
A fool does not delight in discernment,
But only (B)in revealing his own heart.

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18 Whoever (A)isolates himself seeks his own desire;
    he breaks out against all sound judgment.
A fool takes no pleasure in understanding,
    but only (B)in expressing his opinion.

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14 “Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
But when he goes his way, then he boasts.

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14 “Bad, bad,” says the buyer,
    but when he goes away, then he boasts.

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29 A wicked man [a](A)displays a brazen face,
But as for the (B)upright, he establishes his way.

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  1. Proverbs 21:29 Lit makes firm with his face

29 A wicked man puts on a bold face,
    but the upright (A)gives thought to[a] his ways.

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  1. Proverbs 21:29 Or establishes

10 (A)Drive out the scoffer, and strife will go out,
Even contention and disgrace will cease.

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10 (A)Drive out a scoffer, (B)and strife will go out,
    and (C)quarreling and abuse will cease.

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He who (A)sows unrighteousness will reap iniquity,
And the (B)rod of his fury will end.

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Whoever (A)sows injustice will reap calamity,
    and (B)the rod of his fury will fail.

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26 Do not be among those who (A)strike [a]hands in pledge,
Among those who become guarantors for debts.

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  1. Proverbs 22:26 Lit palms

26 Be not one of those who (A)give pledges,
    who put up security for debts.

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The Fear of Yahweh

23 When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
Understand well [a]what is before you,
So you should put a knife to your throat
If you are a (A)man of appetite.
Do not (B)desire his delicacies,
For it is bread of falsehood.

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  1. Proverbs 23:1 Or who

23 When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
    observe carefully what[a] is before you,
and put a knife to your throat
    if you are given to appetite.
(A)Do not desire his delicacies,
    for they are deceptive food.

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  1. Proverbs 23:1 Or who

(A)Do not eat the bread of [a]a (B)selfish man,
And do not desire his delicacies;
For as he [b]calculates in his soul, so he is.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
But (C)his heart is not with you.
You will (D)vomit up [c]the morsel you have eaten,
And you will corrupt your pleasant words.

(E)Do not speak in the [d]hearing of a fool,
For he will (F)despise the insight of your speech.

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  1. Proverbs 23:6 Lit an evil eye
  2. Proverbs 23:7 Lit reckons in his soul
  3. Proverbs 23:8 Lit your
  4. Proverbs 23:9 Lit ears

(A)Do not eat the bread of a man who is (B)stingy;[a]
    (C)do not desire his delicacies,
for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.[b]
    “Eat and drink!” he says to you,
    but his (D)heart is not with you.
You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten,
    and waste your pleasant words.
Do not speak in the hearing of a fool,
    for he will despise the good sense of your words.

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  1. Proverbs 23:6 Hebrew whose eye is evil
  2. Proverbs 23:7 Or for as he calculates in his soul, so is he

He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence
Who sends words by the hand of a fool.

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Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool
    cuts off his own feet and (A)drinks violence.

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