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The Counsel of Yahweh Will Stand

19 (A)Better is a poor man who (B)walks in his integrity
Than he who is crooked in lips and is a fool.

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19 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity
Than he that is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

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15 My son, if your heart is (A)wise,
My own heart also will be glad;
16 And my [a]inmost being will exult
When your lips speak (B)upright things.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:16 Lit kidneys

15 My son, if thy heart be wise,
My heart will be glad, even mine:
16 Yea, my [a]heart will rejoice,
When thy lips speak right things.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:16 Hebrew reins.

My Son, Fear Yahweh

24 Do not be (A)jealous of evil men,
And do not desire to (B)be with them;
For their heart meditates on (C)destruction,
And their lips (D)talk of mischief.

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24 Be not thou envious against evil men;
Neither desire to be with them:
For their heart studieth oppression,
And their lips talk of mischief.

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Like the legs which hang limp on the lame,
So is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

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The legs of the lame hang loose;
So is a parable in the mouth of fools.

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