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15 My child, if your heart is wise,
    my heart too will be glad.
16 My soul will rejoice
    when your lips speak what is right.
17 Do not let your heart envy sinners,
    but always continue in the fear of the Lord.

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15 My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

17 Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the Lord all the day long.

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15 (A)My son, if your heart is wise,
    my heart too will be glad.
16 My (B)inmost being[a] will exult
    when your lips speak (C)what is right.
17 Let not your heart (D)envy sinners,
    but continue in (E)the fear of the Lord all the day.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:16 Hebrew My kidneys

Saying 14

15 My son, if your heart is wise,
    then my heart will be glad indeed;
16 my inmost being will rejoice
    when your lips speak what is right.(A)

Saying 15

17 Do not let your heart envy(B) sinners,
    but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord.

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