10 When wisdom enters your heart,
And knowledge is pleasant to your soul,
11 Discretion will preserve you;
(A)Understanding will keep you,

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10 When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul,

11 discretion shall preserve thee, and understanding shall keep thee,

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20 So you may walk in the way of goodness,
And keep to the paths of righteousness.

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20 Thus thou mayest walk in the way of good men, 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 evil.
15 Avoid it, do not travel on it;
Turn away from it and pass on.
16 (B)For they do not sleep unless they have done evil;
And their sleep is [a]taken away unless they make someone fall.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness,
And drink the wine of violence.

18 (C)But the path of the just (D)is like the shining [b]sun,
That shines ever brighter unto the perfect day.
19 (E)The way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know what makes them stumble.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 4:16 Lit. robbed
  2. Proverbs 4:18 Lit. light

14 Enter not into the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men;

15 avoid it, pass not by it; turn from it and pass away.

16 For they sleep not unless they have done mischief, and their sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall.

17 For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

18 But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

19 The way of the wicked is as darkness; they know not at what they stumble.

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20 He who walks with wise men will be wise,
But the companion of fools will be destroyed.

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20 He that walketh with wise men shall be wise, but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.

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28 A perverse man sows strife,
And (A)a whisperer separates the best of friends.

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28 A froward man soweth strife, and a whisperer separateth closest friends.

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12 Let a man meet (A)a bear robbed of her cubs,
Rather than a fool in his folly.

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12 Let a man meet a bear robbed of her whelps, 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 friend is loving at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.

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24 A man who has friends [a]must himself be friendly,
(A)But there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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  1. Proverbs 18:24 So with Gr. mss., Syr., Tg., Vg.; MT may come to ruin

24 A man that hath friends must show himself friendly, and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

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(A)Wealth makes many friends,
But the poor is separated from his friend.

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Wealth maketh many friends, but the poor is separated from his neighbor.

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Many entreat the favor of the nobility,
And every man is a friend to one who gives gifts.
(A)All the brothers of the poor hate him;
How much more do his friends go (B)far from him!
He may pursue them with words, yet they [a]abandon him.

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  1. Proverbs 19:7 Lit. are not

Many will entreat the favor of the prince, and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.

All the brethren of the poor hate him—how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursueth them with words, yet they are not forthcoming to him.

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19 (A)He who goes about as a talebearer reveals secrets;
Therefore do not associate with one (B)who flatters with his lips.

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19 He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets; therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.

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24 Make no friendship with an angry man,
And with a (A)furious man do not go,
25 Lest you learn his ways
And set a snare for your soul.

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24 Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man thou shalt not go,

25 lest thou learn his ways and get a snare for thy soul.

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