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16 A person who keeps a command preserves his life.
One who despises his ways will die.

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16 He who guards commandments guards his life;[a]
    he who is careless of his ways will be killed.

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  1. Proverbs 19:16 Or “soul,” or “inner self”

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

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20 Listen to advice and accept instruction
    so that you will gain wisdom for your future.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 19:20 Literally “after things

25 Strike a scoffer, and an undisciplined[a] person may learn caution.
Warn a person with understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

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  1. Proverbs 19:25 Or inexperienced

25 The scoffer you shall strike, and the simple, may they learn prudence,
    and reprove the intelligent and he will gain knowledge.

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27 If you stop listening to discipline, my son,
you will stray from the sayings that give knowledge.

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27 Cease to listen to instruction, my child,
    and you will stray[a] from sayings of knowledge.

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  1. Proverbs 19:27 Literally “in order to stray”