Proverbs 20:28
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28 Kindness and faithfulness protect the king;
he supports his throne by kindness.
Proverbs 21:8
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8 The ways of some people are twisted and strange,
but the behavior of those who do right is pure.
Proverbs 21:29
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29 The wicked person appears brash,
but the virtuous think about the path ahead.
Proverbs 22:10-11
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10 Remove the mocker and conflict disappears;
judgment and shame also stop.
11 Those who love a pure heart—
their speech is gracious, and the king is their friend.
Proverbs 23:1-3
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23 When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
carefully consider what is in front of you.
2 Place a knife at your throat
to control your appetite.
3 Don’t long for the ruler’s delicacies;
the food misleads.
Proverbs 23:6-8
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6 Don’t eat food with stingy people;
don’t long for their delicacies,
7 because they are like a hair in the throat.[a]
They say to you, “Eat and drink!”
but they don’t mean it.
8 You will eat scraps and vomit them out.
You will waste your pleasant words.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:7 LXX; Heb uncertain
Proverbs 25:5
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5 Remove the wicked from the king’s presence,
and his throne will be established in righteousness.
Proverbs 26:6
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6 Sending messages with a fool
is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking down violence.
Proverbs 26:10
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10 Like an archer who wounds someone randomly,
so is one who hires a fool or a passerby.
Proverbs 26:24-28
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24 Hateful people mislead with their lips,
keeping their deception within.
25 Though they speak graciously, don’t believe them,
for seven horrible things are in their heart.
26 They may cover their hatred with trickery,
but their evil will be revealed in public.
27 Those who dig a pit will fall in it;
those who roll a stone will have it turn back on them.
28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes;
a flattering mouth causes destruction.
Proverbs 28:21
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21 Those who show favoritism aren’t good;
people do wrong for a crust of bread.
Proverbs 29:5
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5 People who flatter their friends
spread out a net for their feet.
Proverbs 29:12
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12 If a ruler listens to lies,
those who serve him will be wicked.
Proverbs 29:19
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19 Servants aren’t disciplined by words;
they might understand, but they don’t respond.
Proverbs 29:21
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21 Pamper servants from a young age,
and later on there will be trouble.
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