Proverbs 2:10-11
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10 For wisdom will enter into your heart.
Knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
11 Discretion will watch over you.
Understanding will keep you,
Proverbs 2:10-11
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10 for wisdom will come into your heart,
and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul;
11 prudence will watch over you,
and understanding will guard you.
Proverbs 2:20
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20 So you may walk in the way of good men,
and keep the paths of the righteous.
Proverbs 2:20
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20 Therefore walk in the way of the good,
and keep to the paths of the just.
Proverbs 4:14-19
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14 Don’t enter into the path of the wicked.
Don’t walk in the way of evil men.
15 Avoid it, and don’t pass by it.
Turn from it, and pass on.
16 For they don’t sleep unless they do evil.
Their sleep is taken away, unless they make someone fall.
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
18 But the path of the righteous is like the dawning light
that shines more and more until the perfect day.
19 The way of the wicked is like darkness.
They don’t know what they stumble over.
Proverbs 4:14-19
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14 Do not enter the path of the wicked,
and do not walk in the way of evildoers.(A)
15 Avoid it; do not go on it;
turn away from it and pass on.
16 For they cannot sleep unless they have done wrong;
they are robbed of sleep unless they have made someone stumble.(B)
17 For they eat the bread of wickedness
and drink the wine of violence.
18 But the path of the righteous is like the light of dawn,
which shines brighter and brighter until full day.(C)
19 The way of the wicked is like deep darkness;
they do not know what they stumble over.(D)
Proverbs 13:20
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20 One who walks with wise men grows wise,
but a companion of fools suffers harm.
Proverbs 13:20
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20 Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools suffers harm.(A)
Proverbs 16:28
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28 A perverse man stirs up strife.
A whisperer separates close friends.
Proverbs 16:28
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28 A perverse person spreads strife,
and a whisperer separates close friends.(A)
Proverbs 17:12
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12 Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man,
rather than a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 17:12
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12 Better to meet a she-bear robbed of its cubs
than to confront a fool immersed in folly.(A)
Proverbs 17:17
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17 A friend loves at all times;
and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 17:17
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17 A friend loves at all times,
and kinsfolk are born to share adversity.(A)
Proverbs 18:24
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24 A man of many companions may be ruined,
but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 19:4
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4 Wealth adds many friends,
but the poor is separated from his friend.
Proverbs 19:4
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4 Wealth brings many friends,
but the poor are left friendless.(A)
Proverbs 19:6-7
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6 Many will entreat the favor of a ruler,
and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts.
7 All the relatives of the poor shun him:
how much more do his friends avoid him!
He pursues them with pleas, but they are gone.
Proverbs 19:6-7
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6 Many seek the favor of the generous,
and everyone is a friend to a giver of gifts.(A)
7 If the poor are hated even by their kin,
how much more are they shunned by their friends!
When they call after them, they are not there.[a](B)
Footnotes
- 19.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Proverbs 20:19
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19 He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets;
therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
Proverbs 20:19
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19 A gossip reveals secrets;
therefore do not associate with a babbler.(A)
Proverbs 22:24-25
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24 Don’t befriend a hot-tempered man,
and don’t associate with one who harbors anger:
25 lest you learn his ways,
and ensnare your soul.
Proverbs 22:24-25
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24 Make no friends with those given to anger,
and do not associate with hotheads,
25 lest you learn their ways
and entangle yourself in a snare.
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