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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 to be a poor person who walks in his integrity
than one with perverse lips who 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 your mind[a] is wise,
my mind will rejoice as well.
16 My heart[b] will celebrate
when your lips speak upright things.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:15 Literally heart
  2. Proverbs 23:16 Literally kidneys

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 Do not envy evil people,
and do not wish to be with them,
because their hearts plan violence,
and their lips speak trouble.

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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 a lame person dangle.
So does a proverb in the mouth of fools.

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