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The words of the mouth are deep waters;
    the fountain of wisdom is a gushing stream.(A)

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

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To get wisdom is to love oneself;
    to keep understanding is to prosper.(A)

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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”

By wisdom a house is built,
    and by understanding it is established;(A)

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

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Wisdom is too high for fools;
    in the gate they do not open their mouths.(A)

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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 wisdom is such to your soul;
    if you find it, you will find a future,
    and your hope will not be cut off.(A)

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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 Those who trust in their own wits are fools,
    but those who walk in wisdom come through safely.

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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 on earth are small,
    yet they are exceedingly wise:
25 the ants are a people without strength,
    yet they provide their food in the summer;(A)
26 the badgers are a people without power,
    yet they make their homes in the rocks;(B)
27 the locusts have no king,
    yet all of them march in rank;
28 the lizard[a] can be grasped in the hand,
    yet it is found in kings’ palaces.

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  1. 30.28 Or spider

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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Footnotes

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