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Proverbs 24:13-14
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Proverbs 24:13-14
Common English Bible
13 My child, eat honey, for it is good.
The honeycomb is sweet in your mouth.
14 Know that wisdom is like that for your whole being.
If you find it, there is a future.
Your hope won’t be cut off.
Proverbs 24:16
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Proverbs 24:16
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16 The righteous may fall seven times but still get up,
but the wicked will stumble into trouble.
Proverbs 24:20-22
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Proverbs 24:20-22
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20 Indeed, there is no future for the evil;
the lamp of the wicked will be put out.
21 Fear the Lord, my child, as well as the king.
Don’t associate with those who are rebellious.
22 Disaster comes suddenly from them.
Who can know the ruin that both can bring?
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