Proverbs 20:28
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28 Love and faithfulness keep the king safe.
His throne is sustained by love.
Proverbs 21:8
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8 The way of the guilty is devious,
but the conduct of the innocent is upright.
Proverbs 21:29
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29 A wicked man hardens his face;
but as for the upright, he establishes his ways.
Proverbs 22:10-11
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10 Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out;
yes, quarrels and insults will stop.
11 He who loves purity of heart and speaks gracefully
is the king’s friend.
Proverbs 23:1-3
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23 When you sit to eat with a ruler,
consider diligently what is before you;
2 put a knife to your throat,
if you are a man given to appetite.
3 Don’t be desirous of his dainties,
since they are deceitful food.
Proverbs 23:6-8
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6 Don’t eat the food of him who has a stingy eye,
and don’t crave his delicacies:
7 for as he thinks about the cost, so he is.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
8 The morsel which you have eaten you shall vomit up,
and lose your good words.
Proverbs 25:5
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5 Take away the wicked from the king’s presence,
and his throne will be established in righteousness.
Proverbs 26:6
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6 One who sends a message by the hand of a fool
is cutting off feet and drinking violence.
Proverbs 26:10
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10 As an archer who wounds all,
so is he who hires a fool
or he who hires those who pass by.
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