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The words of a man’s mouth are (A)deep waters;
[a]The fountain of wisdom is a flowing brook.

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  1. Proverbs 18:4 Or A bubbling brook, a fountain of wisdom

Deep waters are words of the mouth of a man;
    a gushing stream is a fountain of wisdom.

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He who acquires a heart of wisdom loves his own soul;
He who keeps discernment will (A)find good.

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He who acquires wisdom loves himself;[a]
    he who guards understanding loves to find good.

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  1. Proverbs 19:8 Or “soul,” or “inner self”

(A)By wisdom a house is built,
And by discernment it is firmly established;

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By wisdom a house is built,
    and by understanding it is established.

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Wisdom is (A)too exalted for an ignorant fool,
He does not open his mouth (B)in the gate.

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Wisdom is too high for fools;
    at the gate he will not open his mouth.

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14 Know that (A)wisdom is thus for your soul;
If you find it, then there will be a [a](B)future,
And your hope will not be cut off.

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  1. Proverbs 24:14 Lit latter end

14 Thus know wisdom for the sake of your soul,[a]
    if you find it, then there is a future,
    and your hope will not be cut off.

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  1. Proverbs 24:14 Or “life,” or “inner self”

26 He who (A)trusts in his own heart is a fool,
But he who walks wisely will escape.

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26 He who trusts in his own heart[a] is a fool,
    but he who walks in wisdom will be saved.

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  1. Proverbs 28:26 Or “mind,” or “sense”

24 Four things are small on the earth,
But they are exceedingly wise:
25 The (A)ants are not a strong people,
But they prepare their food in the summer;
26 The [a](B)shephanim are not a mighty people,
Yet they make their houses in the cliff;
27 The locusts have no king,
Yet all of them go out in (C)rank;
28 The lizard you may grasp with the hands,
Yet it is in kings’ palaces.

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  1. Proverbs 30:26 Small, shy, furry animals (Hyrax syriacus)

24 There are four small things on the earth,
    and they are exceedingly wise:[a]
25 The ants are a people who are not strong,
    yet they prepare their food in the summer;
26 the badgers are a people who are not mighty,
    yet they set their house on the rock;
27 there is no king for the locust,
    yet it marches in rank;
28 a lizard you can seize with hands,
    yet it is in palaces of kings.

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  1. Proverbs 30:24 Literally “wise ones from wise ones