let a wise person listen and increase learning,(A)
and let a discerning person obtain guidance—

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let the wise, too, hear and gain in learning
    and the discerning acquire skill,(A)

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14 Without guidance, a people will fall,
but with many counselors there is deliverance.(A)

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14 Where there is no guidance, a nation[a] falls,
    but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.(A)

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  1. 11.14 Or an army

14 Without guidance, a people will fall,
but with many counselors there is deliverance.(A)

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14 Where there is no guidance, a nation[a] falls,
    but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.(A)

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  1. 11.14 Or an army

22 Plans fail when there is no counsel,
but with many advisers they succeed.(A)

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22 Without counsel, plans go wrong,
    but with many advisers they succeed.(A)

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20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction
so that you may be wise later in life.[a](A)

21 Many plans are in a person’s heart,
but the Lord’s decree will prevail.(B)

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  1. 19:20 Lit in your end

20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
    that you may gain wisdom for the future.(A)
21 The human mind may devise many plans,
    but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.(B)

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18 Finalize plans with counsel,(A)
and wage war with sound guidance.(B)

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18 Plans are established by taking advice;
    wage war by following wise guidance.(A)

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Remove the wicked from the king’s presence,(A)
and his throne will be established in righteousness.(B)

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take away the wicked from the presence of the king,
    and his throne will be established in righteousness.(A)

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Oil(A) and incense bring joy to the heart,
and the sweetness of a friend is better than self-counsel.[a]

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  1. 27:9 LXX reads heart, but the soul is torn up by affliction

Perfume and incense make the heart glad,
    but the soul is torn by trouble.[a]

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  1. 27.9 Gk: Heb the sweetness of a friend is better than one’s own counsel

12 If a ruler listens to lies,(A)
all his officials will be wicked.

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12 If a ruler listens to falsehood,
    all his officials will be wicked.

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