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The (A)refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold,
But (B)Yahweh tests hearts.

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(A)The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
    (B)and the Lord tests hearts.

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10 The (A)name of Yahweh is a (B)strong tower;
The righteous runs into it and is (C)set securely on high.

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10 (A)The name of the Lord is (B)a strong tower;
    the righteous man runs into it and (C)is safe.

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24 A man of too many friends comes to [a]ruin,
But there is (A)a [b]friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:24 Lit be broken in pieces
  2. Proverbs 18:24 Or lover

24 A man of many companions may come to ruin,
    but (A)there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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17 He who (A)is gracious to a poor man lends to Yahweh,
And He will repay him for his (B)bountiful deed.

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17 (A)Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the Lord,
    and he (B)will repay him for his (C)deed.

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21 Many [a](A)thoughts are in a man’s heart,
But it is the (B)counsel of Yahweh that will stand.

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  1. Proverbs 19:21 Or plans

21 (A)Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
    but (B)it is the purpose of the Lord (C)that will stand.

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12 The hearing (A)ear and the seeing eye,
Yahweh has made both of them.

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12 (A)The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
    (B)the Lord has made them both.

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22 (A)Do not say, “I will repay evil”;
(B)Hope in Yahweh, and He will save you.

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22 Do not say, (A)“I will repay evil”;
    (B)wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.

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24 (A)The steps of a man are from Yahweh,
How then can man understand his way?

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24 A man's (A)steps are from the Lord;
    how then can man understand his way?

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27 The [a](A)breath of man is the lamp of Yahweh,
Searching all the [b]innermost parts of his body.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:27 Or what a man breathes out
  2. Proverbs 20:27 Lit chambers of the stomach

27 (A)The spirit[a] of man is the lamp of the Lord,
    (B)searching all (C)his innermost parts.

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  1. Proverbs 20:27 Hebrew breath

To do (A)righteousness and justice
Is chosen by Yahweh over sacrifice.

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(A)To do righteousness and justice
    is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

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30 There is (A)no wisdom, there is no discernment
And there is no counsel against Yahweh.
31 The (B)horse is set for the day of battle,
But (C)salvation belongs to Yahweh.

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30 (A)No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel
    can avail against the Lord.
31 (B)The horse is made ready for the day of battle,
    but (C)the victory belongs to the Lord.

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The rich and the poor meet together in this
Yahweh is the (A)Maker of them all.

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(A)The rich and the poor meet together;
    the Lord is (B)the Maker of them all.

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