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12 (A)Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,
But (B)humility goes before glory.

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12 Before destruction a man’s heart is proud,
but humility comes before honor.

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14 The (A)spirit of a man can endure his sickness,
But as for a (B)broken spirit, who can bear it?

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14 A man’s spirit can endure illness,
but who can bear a broken spirit?

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The (A)folly of man subverts his way,
But his heart (B)rages against Yahweh.

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A person’s own foolishness undermines his way,
but his heart rages against the Lord.

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20 (A)Listen to counsel and receive discipline,
That you may be wise in [a]the end of your days.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:20 Lit your latter end

20 Listen to advice and accept discipline,
so that you will be wise in the future.

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Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water,
But a man of discernment draws it out.

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The intentions in a person’s heart are deep water,
but a person with understanding can draw them out.

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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 man’s spirit is the lamp of the Lord.
It illuminates the depths of his heart.

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Salvation Belongs to Yahweh

21 The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of Yahweh;
He (A)turns it wherever He pleases.
(B)Every man’s way is right in his own eyes,
But Yahweh (C)weighs the hearts.

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Wise and Foolish Behaviors

21 A king’s heart is like streams of water in the hand of the Lord.
He directs it wherever he desires.
In a person’s own eyes all his ways are right,
but the Lord weighs the motives of the heart.

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11 He who loves (A)purity of heart
And (B)grace on his lips, the king is his friend.

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11 A person who loves a pure heart and whose lips are gracious
    will have a king as his friend.

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12 Bring your heart to discipline
And your ears to [a]words of knowledge.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:12 Lit sayings

12 Apply your heart to discipline
and your ear to words that give knowledge.

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11 (A)Deliver those who are being taken away to death,
And those who are stumbling to the slaughter, Oh hold them back.
12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
Does not He (B)who weighs the hearts (C)understand?
And (D)does not He who (E)guards your soul know?
And will not He [a](F)render to man according to his work?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:12 Lit bring back

11 Rescue captives condemned to death,
and spare those staggering toward slaughter.
12 If you say, “We did not know about this,”
won’t the one who weighs motives notice?
Won’t the one who guards your life know about it,
and won’t he repay people according to what each one has done?

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17 When your enemy falls, (A)do not be glad,
And when he stumbles, do not let your heart rejoice;
18 Lest Yahweh see it and it be evil in His eyes,
And turn His anger away from him.

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17 Do not be happy when your enemy falls.
Do not let your heart celebrate when he stumbles.
18 If you do, the Lord will see it and consider it evil,
and he will turn his anger away from him.

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19 (A)Do not fret because of evildoers
Do not be (B)jealous of the wicked;
20 For (C)there will be no [a](D)future for the evil one;
The (E)lamp of the wicked will go out.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:20 Lit latter end

19 Do not fret about evildoers.
Do not be jealous of wicked people,
20 because an evil person has no future.
The lamp of the wicked will be put out.

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