12 Before his downfall a person’s heart is proud,(A)
but humility comes before honor.(B)

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12 Before a downfall the heart is haughty,
    but humility comes before honor.(A)

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14 A person’s spirit can endure sickness,
but who can survive a broken spirit?(A)

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14 The human spirit can endure in sickness,
    but a crushed spirit who can bear?(A)

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A person’s own foolishness leads him astray,
yet his heart rages against the Lord.(A)

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A person’s own folly(A) leads to their ruin,
    yet their heart rages against the Lord.(B)

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20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction
so that you may be wise later in life.[a](A)

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Notas al pie

  1. 19:20 Lit in your end

20 Listen to advice and accept discipline,(A)
    and at the end you will be counted among the wise.(B)

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Counsel in a person’s heart is deep water;(A)
but a person of understanding draws it out.

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The purposes of a person’s heart are deep waters,(A)
    but one who has insight draws them out.

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27 The Lord’s lamp sheds light on a person’s life,[a]
searching the innermost parts.[b](A)

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Notas al pie

  1. 20:27 Lit breath
  2. 20:27 Lit the chambers of the belly

27 The human spirit is[a] the lamp of the Lord(A)
    that sheds light on one’s inmost being.(B)

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  1. Proverbs 20:27 Or A person’s words are

21 A king’s heart is like channeled water in the Lord’s hand:
He directs it wherever he chooses.(A)

All a person’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord weighs hearts.(B)

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21 In the Lord’s hand the king’s heart is a stream of water
    that he channels toward all who please him.(A)

A person may think their own ways are right,
    but the Lord weighs the heart.(B)

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11 The one who loves a pure heart
and gracious lips—the king is his friend.(A)

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11 One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace
    will have the king for a friend.(A)

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12 Apply yourself to discipline
and listen to words of knowledge.

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Saying 12

12 Apply your heart to instruction(A)
    and your ears to words of knowledge.

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11 Rescue those being taken off to death,
and save those stumbling toward slaughter.(A)
12 If you say, “But we didn’t know about this,”
won’t he who weighs hearts(B) consider it?
Won’t he who protects your life(C) know?
Won’t he repay a person according to his work?(D)

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11 Rescue those being led away to death;
    hold back those staggering toward slaughter.(A)
12 If you say, “But we knew nothing about this,”
    does not he who weighs(B) the heart perceive it?
Does not he who guards your life know it?
    Will he not repay(C) everyone according to what they have done?(D)

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17 Don’t gloat when your enemy falls,
and don’t let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,(A)
18 or the Lord will see, be displeased,
and turn his wrath away from him.

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Saying 28

17 Do not gloat(A) when your enemy falls;
    when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,(B)
18 or the Lord will see and disapprove
    and turn his wrath away from them.(C)

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19 Don’t be agitated by evildoers,
and don’t envy the wicked.(A)
20 For the evil have no future;(B)
the lamp of the wicked will be put out.(C)

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Saying 29

19 Do not fret(A) because of evildoers
    or be envious of the wicked,
20 for the evildoer has no future hope,
    and the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed out.(B)

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