10 for wisdom will come into your heart,
    and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11 (A)discretion will (B)watch over you,
    understanding will guard you,

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10 For wisdom will enter your mind,
and knowledge will delight your heart.
11 Discretion will watch over you,
and understanding will guard you,(A)

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20 So you will walk in the way of the good
    and keep to the paths of the righteous.

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20 So follow the way of good people,(A)
and keep to the paths of the righteous.

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14 (A)Do not enter the path of the wicked,
    and do not walk in the way of the evil.
15 Avoid it; do not go on it;
    turn away from it and pass on.
16 For they (B)cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
    they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness
    (C)and drink the wine of violence.
18 But (D)the path of the righteous is like (E)the light of dawn,
    which shines (F)brighter and brighter until (G)full day.
19 (H)The way of the wicked is like deep (I)darkness;
    they do not know over what they (J)stumble.

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14 Don’t set foot on the path of the wicked;(A)
don’t proceed in the way of evil ones.
15 Avoid it; don’t travel on it.
Turn away from it, and pass it by.
16 For they can’t sleep
unless they have done what is evil;
they are robbed of sleep
unless they make someone stumble.(B)
17 They eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
18 The path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,(C)
shining brighter and brighter until midday.
19 But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom;(D)
they don’t know what makes them stumble.(E)

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20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
    but the companion of fools will suffer harm.

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20 The one who walks with the wise will become wise,
but a companion of fools will suffer harm.

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28 (A)A dishonest man spreads strife,
    and (B)a whisperer (C)separates close friends.

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28 A contrary man spreads conflict,
and a gossip separates close friends.(A)

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12 Let a man meet (A)a she-bear robbed of her cubs
    (B)rather than a fool in his folly.

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12 Better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her cubs(A)
than a fool in his foolishness.

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17 (A)A friend loves at all times,
    and a brother is born for adversity.

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17 A friend loves at all times,(A)
and a brother is born for a difficult time.

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24 A man of many companions may come to ruin,
    but (A)there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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24 A man with many friends may be harmed,[a]
but there is a friend who stays closer than a brother.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:24 Some LXX mss, Syr, Tg, Vg read friends must be friendly

(A)Wealth brings many new friends,
    (B)but a poor man is deserted by his friend.

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Wealth attracts many friends,(A)
but a poor man is separated from his friend.

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Many seek the favor of a generous man,[a]
    and everyone is a friend to a man who gives (A)gifts.
(B)All a poor man's brothers hate him;
    (C)how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:6 Or of a noble
  2. Proverbs 19:7 The meaning of the Hebrew sentence is uncertain

Many seek a ruler’s favor,(A)
and everyone is a friend of one who gives gifts.(B)

All the brothers of a poor man hate him;(C)
how much more do his friends
keep their distance from him!
He may pursue them with words,(D)
but they are not there.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 19:7 Hb uncertain

19 Whoever (A)goes about slandering reveals secrets;
    therefore do not associate with (B)a simple babbler.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 20:19 Hebrew with one who is simple in his lips

19 The one who reveals secrets is a constant gossip;(A)
avoid someone with a big mouth.(B)

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24 Make no friendship with a man given to anger,
    nor go with a wrathful man,
25 lest you learn his ways
    and entangle yourself in a snare.

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24 Don’t make friends with an angry man,[a]
and don’t be a companion of a hot-tempered man,(A)
25 or you will learn his ways(B)
and entangle yourself in a snare.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:24 Lit with a master of anger