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that the wise man may hear, and increase in learning;
    that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:

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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 wise guidance, the nation falls,
    but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.

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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 wise guidance, the nation falls,
    but in the multitude of counselors there is victory.

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

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22 Where there is no counsel, plans fail;
    but in a multitude of counselors they are established.

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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 counsel and receive instruction,
    that you may be wise in your latter end.
21 There are many plans in a man’s heart,
    but Yahweh’s counsel will prevail.

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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 advice;
    by wise guidance you 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 the wicked from the king’s presence,
    and his 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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Perfume and incense bring joy to the heart;
    so does earnest counsel from a man’s friend.

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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 listens to lies,
    all of his officials are wicked.

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

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