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28 Lovingkindness and (A)truth will guard the king,
And he upholds his throne by lovingkindness.

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28 Loyalty and faithfulness guard a king;
through loyalty he maintains his throne.

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The way of a guilty man is (A)perverse,
But as for the pure, his work is upright.

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A guilty one’s conduct is crooked,(A)
but the behavior of the innocent is upright.(B)

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29 A wicked man [a](A)displays a brazen face,
But as for the (B)upright, he establishes his way.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:29 Lit makes firm with his face

29 A wicked person puts on a bold face,(A)
but the upright one considers his way.

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10 (A)Drive out the scoffer, and strife will go out,
Even contention and disgrace will cease.
11 He who loves (B)purity of heart
And (C)grace on his lips, the king is his friend.

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10 Drive out a mocker,(A) and conflict goes too;
then quarreling and dishonor will cease.(B)

11 The one who loves a pure heart
and gracious lips—the king is his friend.(C)

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The Fear of Yahweh

23 When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
Understand well [a]what is before you,
So you should put a knife to your throat
If you are a (A)man of appetite.
Do not (B)desire his delicacies,
For it is bread of falsehood.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:1 Or who

23 When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
consider carefully what[a] is before you,
and put a knife to your throat
if you have a big[b] appetite;
don’t desire his choice food,(A)
for that food is deceptive.

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  1. 23:1 Or who
  2. 23:2 Lit you are the master of an

(A)Do not eat the bread of [a]a (B)selfish man,
And do not desire his delicacies;
For as he [b]calculates in his soul, so he is.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
But (C)his heart is not with you.
You will (D)vomit up [c]the morsel you have eaten,
And you will corrupt your pleasant words.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:6 Lit an evil eye
  2. Proverbs 23:7 Lit reckons in his soul
  3. Proverbs 23:8 Lit your

Don’t eat a stingy person’s bread,[a](A)
and don’t desire his choice food,(B)
for it’s like someone calculating inwardly.[b](C)
“Eat and drink,” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.(D)
You will vomit the little you’ve eaten
and waste your pleasant words.

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  1. 23:6 Lit eat bread of an evil eye
  2. 23:7 LXX reads it is like someone swallowing a hair in the throat

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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He cuts off his own feet and drinks violence
Who sends words by the hand of a fool.

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The one who sends a message by a fool’s hand(A)
cuts off his own feet and drinks violence.(B)

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10 [a]Like an archer who wounds everyone,
So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.

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  1. Proverbs 26:10 Or A master workman produces all things, But he who hires a fool is like one who hires those who pass by

10 The one who hires a fool or who hires those passing by
is like an archer who wounds everyone indiscriminately.

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24 He who (A)hates disguises it with his lips,
But he sets up (B)deceit within himself.
25 When he (C)makes his voice gracious, do not believe him,
For there are seven abominations in his heart.
26 Though his hatred (D)covers itself with guile,
His evil will be (E)revealed in the assembly.
27 He who (F)digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone, it will turn back on him.
28 A lying tongue hates [a]those it crushes,
And a (G)flattering mouth works ruin.

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  1. Proverbs 26:28 Lit its crushed ones

24 A hateful person disguises himself with his speech
and harbors deceit within.
25 When he speaks graciously, don’t believe him,
for there are seven detestable things in his heart.(A)
26 Though his hatred is concealed by deception,
his evil will be revealed in the assembly.
27 The one who digs a pit will fall into it,
and whoever rolls a stone—
it will come back on him.(B)
28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes,
and a flattering mouth causes ruin.

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21 To [a](A)show partiality is not good,
(B)Even for a piece of bread a man will transgress.

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  1. Proverbs 28:21 Lit regard the face

21 It is not good to show partiality(A)
yet even a courageous person may sin for a piece of bread.(B)

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A man who (A)flatters his neighbor
Is spreading a net for his steps.

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A person who flatters his neighbor
spreads a net for his feet.(A)

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