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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

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,
    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

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 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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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 My son, if you stop listening to instruction,
    you will stray from the principles of 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”