Let the wise hear and (A)increase in learning,
    and the one who understands obtain guidance,

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a wise man will listen and increase his learning,(A)
and a discerning man will obtain guidance—

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

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

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

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

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

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

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20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
    that you may gain wisdom in (A)the future.
21 (B)Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
    but (C)it is the purpose of the Lord (D)that will stand.

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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 man’s heart,
but the Lord’s decree will prevail.(B)

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 19:20 Lit in your end

18 (A)Plans are established by counsel;
    by (B)wise guidance (C)wage war.

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

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

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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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(A)Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
    and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 27:9 Or and so does the sweetness of a friend that comes from his earnest counsel

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

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

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

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