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Though good advice lies deep within the heart,
    a person with understanding will draw it out.

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Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water,
But a man of discernment draws it out.

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18 Plans succeed through good counsel;
    don’t go to war without wise advice.

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18 [a](A)Thoughts are established by counsel,
So (B)make war by guidance.

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  1. Proverbs 20:18 Or Plans

Don’t waste your breath on fools,
    for they will despise the wisest advice.

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(A)Do not speak in the [a]hearing of a fool,
For he will (B)despise the insight of your speech.

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  1. Proverbs 23:9 Lit ears

The heartfelt counsel of a friend
    is as sweet as perfume and incense.

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(A)Oil and incense make the heart glad,
So counsel from the [a]soul is sweet to his friend.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:9 Lit soul’s counsel