10 For (A)wisdom will enter your heart,
And (B)knowledge will be delightful to your soul;
11 Discretion will (C)watch over you,
Understanding will guard you,

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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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20 So you will (A)walk in the way of good people
And keep to the (B)paths of the righteous.

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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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14 (A)Do not enter the path of the wicked
And do not proceed in the way of evil people.
15 Avoid it, do not pass by it;
Turn away from it and pass on.
16 For they (B)cannot sleep unless they do evil;
And [a]they are robbed of sleep unless they make someone stumble.
17 For they (C)eat the bread of wickedness,
And drink the wine of violence.
18 But the (D)path of the righteous is like the (E)light of dawn
That (F)shines brighter and brighter until the (G)full day.
19 The (H)way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know over what they [b](I)stumble.

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  1. Proverbs 4:16 Lit their sleep is robbed
  2. Proverbs 4:19 Or may stumble

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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20 (A)One who walks with wise people will be wise,
But a companion of fools will suffer harm.

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

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28 A perverse person spreads strife,
And a [a]slanderer separates close friends.

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  1. Proverbs 16:28 Or gossip

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

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12 Let a (A)person meet a (B)bear robbed of her cubs,
Rather than a fool in his foolishness.

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

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

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24 A person of too many friends comes to [a]ruin,
But there is (A)a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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  1. Proverbs 18:24 Lit be broken in pieces

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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(A)Wealth adds many friends,
But a poor person is separated from his friend.

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

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(A)Many will seek the favor of a [a]generous person,
And every person is a friend to (B)him who gives gifts.
All the brothers of a poor person hate him;
How much more do his (C)friends abandon him!
He (D)pursues them with words, but they are [b]gone.

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  1. Proverbs 19:6 Or noble
  2. Proverbs 19:7 Lit not

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

19 One who (A)goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets;
Therefore do not associate with [a](B)a gossip.

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  1. Proverbs 20:19 Lit one who opens his lips

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

24 Do not make friends with a person given to anger,
Or go with a (A)hot-tempered person,
25 Or you will (B)learn his ways
And [a]find a snare for yourself.

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  1. Proverbs 22:25 Lit take

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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