16 Whoever (A)keeps the commandment keeps his life;
    he who despises his ways will die.

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16 Whoever obeys a commandment keeps himself safe,[a]
    but someone who is contemptuous in conduct[b] will die.

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  1. Proverbs 19:16 Lit. keeps his soul
  2. Proverbs 19:16 Lit. in his way

20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
    that you may gain wisdom in (A)the future.

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20 Listen to advice and accept discipline,
    and you’ll be wise for the rest of your life.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 19:20 The Heb. lacks of your life

25 (A)Strike (B)a scoffer, and the simple will (C)learn prudence;
    (D)reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge.

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25 If you scourge a scoffer,
    the simple person may learn to be discreet;
rebuke a discerning man
    and he will gain understanding.

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27 Cease to hear instruction, my son,
    (A)and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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27 My son, if you stop listening to instruction,
    you will stray from the principles of knowledge.

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