Proverbs 3:27-32
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27 (A)Do not withhold good from [a]those to whom it is due,
When it is in your hand to do it.
28 (B)Do not say to your neighbor, “Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it,”
When it is there with you.
29 (C)Do not devise [b]harm against your neighbor,
While he lives securely beside you.
30 (D)Do not contend with a man without cause,
If he has dealt you no [c]harm.
31 (E)Do not envy a man of violence
And do not choose any of his ways.
32 For the (F)devious one is an abomination to Yahweh;
But His (G)secret council is with the upright.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:27 Lit its owners
- Proverbs 3:29 Lit evil
- Proverbs 3:30 Lit evil
Proverbs 10:2
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2 (A)Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit,
But righteousness delivers from death.
Proverbs 11:1
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Proverbs 13:3
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3 The one who (A)guards his mouth keeps his soul;
The one who (B)opens wide his lips [a]comes to ruin.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:3 Lit ruin is his
Proverbs 13:11
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11 Wealth obtained from empty effort dwindles,
But the one who gathers [a]with his hand abounds.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:11 Or gradually
Proverbs 14:2
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2 He who (A)walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh,
But he who is (B)devious in his ways despises Him.
Proverbs 14:5
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Proverbs 15:27
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27 He who is (A)greedy for gain troubles his own house,
But he who (B)hates gifts of bribery will live.
Proverbs 16:6
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6 By (A)lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for,
And by the [a](B)fear of Yahweh one turns away from evil.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:6 Or reverence
Proverbs 16:8
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8 Better is a little with righteousness
Than great produce with injustice.
Proverbs 16:11
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:11 Lit stones
- Proverbs 16:11 Or concern
Proverbs 17:2
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2 A slave who acts insightfully will rule over a son who acts shamefully,
And will share in the inheritance among brothers.
Proverbs 17:8
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:8 Lit stone of grace
Proverbs 17:23
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Proverbs 20:21
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21 An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning
In the end will not be blessed.
Proverbs 21:3
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3 To do (A)righteousness and justice
Is chosen by Yahweh over sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:6-8
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6 (A)Working for treasures by a lying tongue
Is a fleeting breath, by those who pursue (B)death.
7 The destruction of the wicked will drag them away,
Because they (C)refuse to do justice.
8 The way of a guilty man is (D)perverse,
But as for the pure, his work is upright.
Proverbs 22:22-23
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22 (A)Do not rob the poor because he is poor,
And do not (B)crush the afflicted at the gate;
23 For Yahweh will (C)plead their case
And rob the soul of those who rob them.
Proverbs 24:23-26
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23 These also are (A)sayings of the wise.
To [a](B)show partiality in judgment is not good.
24 He (C)who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”
(D)Peoples will curse him, nations will be indignant with him;
25 But (E)to those who reprove the wicked, it will be pleasant,
And a good blessing will come upon them.
26 He kisses the lips
Who responds with right words.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:23 Lit recognize a face
Proverbs 28:3
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:3 Lit and there is no bread
Proverbs 28:6
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6 (A)Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than he who is crooked—[a]double dealing—though he be rich.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 28:6 Lit two ways
Proverbs 28:8
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8 He who increases his wealth by (A)interest and usury
Gathers it (B)for him who is gracious to the lowly.
Proverbs 31:8-9
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8 (A)Open your mouth for the mute,
For the justice of all those [a]passing away.
9 Open your mouth, (B)judge righteously,
And render (C)justice to the afflicted and needy.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:8 Lit sons of passing away
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