Proverbs 20:28
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28 (A)Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king,
and by steadfast love his (B)throne is upheld.
Proverbs 21:8
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8 The way of the guilty (A)is crooked,
but the conduct of the pure is upright.
Proverbs 21:29
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:29 Or establishes
Proverbs 23:1-3
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23 When you sit down to eat with a ruler,
observe carefully what[a] is before you,
2 and put a knife to your throat
if you are given to appetite.
3 (A)Do not desire his delicacies,
for they are deceptive food.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:1 Or who
Proverbs 23:6-8
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6 (A)Do not eat the bread of a man who is (B)stingy;[a]
(C)do not desire his delicacies,
7 for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.[b]
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
but his (D)heart is not with you.
8 You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten,
and waste your pleasant words.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:6 Hebrew whose eye is evil
- Proverbs 23:7 Or for as he calculates in his soul, so is he
Proverbs 25:5
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5 take away (A)the wicked from the presence of the king,
and his (B)throne will be established in righteousness.
Proverbs 26:6
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6 Whoever sends a message by the hand of a fool
cuts off his own feet and (A)drinks violence.
Proverbs 26:10
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10 Like an archer who wounds everyone
is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 26:10 Or hires a fool or passersby
Proverbs 26:24-28
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24 Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips
and harbors deceit in his heart;
25 (A)when he speaks graciously, believe him not,
for there are (B)seven abominations in his heart;
26 though his hatred be covered with deception,
his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.
27 (C)Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.
28 A lying tongue hates its victims,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.
Proverbs 28:21
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Proverbs 29:5
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Proverbs 29:12
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12 If a ruler listens to falsehood,
all his officials will be wicked.
Proverbs 29:19
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19 By mere words a servant is not disciplined,
for though he understands, he will not respond.
Proverbs 29:21
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21 Whoever pampers his servant from childhood
will in the end find him his heir.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:21 The meaning of the Hebrew word rendered his heir is uncertain
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