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16 Those who keep the commandment will live;
    those who are heedless of their ways will die.(A)

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

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

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25 Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
    reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge.(A)

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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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:25 Or inexperienced

27 My child, stop ignoring instruction,
    straying[a] from words of knowledge.

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Footnotes

  1. 19.27 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain

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

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