let the wise listen and add to their learning,(A)
    and let the discerning get 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 For lack of guidance a nation falls,(A)
    but victory is won through many advisers.(B)

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

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14 For lack of guidance a nation falls,(A)
    but victory is won through many advisers.(B)

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

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22 Plans fail for lack of counsel,(A)
    but with many advisers(B) they succeed.(C)

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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 discipline,(A)
    and at the end you will be counted among the wise.(B)

21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
    but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.(C)

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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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Footnotes

  1. 19:20 Lit in your end

18 Plans are established by seeking advice;
    so if you wage war, obtain guidance.(A)

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

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remove wicked officials from the king’s presence,(A)
    and his throne will be established(B) through righteousness.(C)

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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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Perfume(A) and incense bring joy to the heart,
    and the pleasantness of a friend
    springs from their heartfelt advice.

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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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Footnotes

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

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

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

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