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19 Better to be poor and honest
    than to be dishonest and a fool.

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19 (A)Better is a poor person who (B)walks in his integrity
    than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool.

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15 My child,[a] if your heart is wise,
    my own heart will rejoice!
16 Everything in me will celebrate
    when you speak what is right.

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  1. 23:15 Hebrew My son; also in 23:19.

15 (A)My son, if your heart is wise,
    my heart too will be glad.
16 My (B)inmost being[a] will exult
    when your lips speak (C)what is right.

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  1. Proverbs 23:16 Hebrew My kidneys

24 Don’t envy evil people
    or desire their company.
For their hearts plot violence,
    and their words always stir up trouble.

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24 Be not (A)envious of evil men,
    nor desire to be (B)with them,
for their hearts (C)devise violence,
    and their lips (D)talk of trouble.

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A proverb in the mouth of a fool
    is as useless as a paralyzed leg.

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Like a lame man's legs, which hang useless,
    is a proverb in the mouth of fools.

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