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

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

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

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One who gets [a]wisdom loves his own soul;
One who keeps understanding will (A)find good.

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  1. Proverbs 19:8 Lit heart

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

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(A)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 (A)too exalted for a fool,
He does not open his mouth (B)at the gate.

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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 Know that (A)wisdom is the same 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

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

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26 One who (A)trusts in his own heart is a fool,
But one who walks wisely will flee to safety.

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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 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 (B)rock hyraxes are not a mighty people,
Yet they make their houses in the rocks;
27 The locusts have no king,
Yet all of them go out in (C)ranks;
28 The lizard you may grasp with the hands,
Yet it is in kings’ palaces.

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