Proverbs 19:20-23

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

²¹Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.^(C)

²²What a person desires is unfailing love^[a];
better to be poor than a liar.

²³The fear of the Lord leads to life;
then one rests content, untouched by trouble.^(D)

Footnotes

Proverbs 19:22 Or Greed is a person’s shame

Isaiah 55:8-9

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⁸“For my thoughts^(A) are not your thoughts,
    neither are your ways my ways,”^(B)
declares the Lord.
⁹“As the heavens are higher than the earth,^(C)
    so are my ways higher than your ways
    and my thoughts than your thoughts.^(D)

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Exodus 5:22-23

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God Promises Deliverance

²²Moses returned to the Lord and said, “Why, Lord, why have you brought trouble on this people?^(A) Is this why you sent me? ²³Ever since I went to Pharaoh to speak in your name, he has brought trouble on this people, and you have not rescued^(B) your people at all.”

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Exodus 6:1-2

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6 Then the Lord said to Moses, “Now you will see what I will do to Pharaoh: Because of my mighty hand^(A) he will let them go;^(B) because of my mighty hand he will drive them out of his country.”^(C)

²God also said to Moses, “I am the Lord.^(D)

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Jeremiah 29:11-14

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¹¹For I know the plans^(A) I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper^(B) you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.^(C) ¹²Then you will call^(D) on me and come and pray^(E) to me, and I will listen^(F) to you. ¹³You will seek^(G) me and find me when you seek me with all your heart.^(H) ¹⁴I will be found by you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back^(I) from captivity.^[a] I will gather you from all the nations and places where I have banished you,” declares the Lord, “and will bring you back to the place from which I carried you into exile.”^(J)