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Let the wise man hear and (A)increase in learning,
And a (B)man of understanding will acquire guidance,

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

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14 Where there is no (A)guidance the people fall,
But in abundance of counselors there is salvation.

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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 (A)guidance the people fall,
But in abundance of counselors there is salvation.

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

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22 Without consultation, [a]plans are frustrated,
But with many counselors they [b]succeed.

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  1. Proverbs 15:22 Lit thoughts
  2. Proverbs 15:22 Or are established

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

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20 (A)Listen to counsel and receive discipline,
That you may be wise in [a]the end of your days.
21 Many [b](B)thoughts are in a man’s heart,
But it is the (C)counsel of Yahweh that will stand.

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  1. Proverbs 19:20 Lit your latter end
  2. Proverbs 19:21 Or plans

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

18 [a](A)Thoughts are established by counsel,
So (B)make war by guidance.

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  1. Proverbs 20:18 Or Plans

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

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Take away the (A)wicked before 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 incense make the heart glad,
So counsel from the [a]soul is sweet to his friend.

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

12 If a (A)ruler pays attention to a lying word,
All his ministers become wicked.

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

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