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27 Do not withhold good from its owner[a]
    when it is in the power of your hand to do.
28 Do not say to your neighbor,
    “Go and return and tomorrow I will give it,”
    when it is with you.[b]
29 Do not plot harm against your neighbor
    who dwells in confidence beside you.
30 Do not quarrel with anyone without cause,
    when he did not do you harm.
31 Do not envy a man of violence,
    and do not choose any of his ways,
32 for he who is perverse is an abomination of Yahweh,
    but those who are upright are his confidence.

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  1. Proverbs 3:27 Or “lord”
  2. Proverbs 3:28 Literally “and there is with you”

Treasures of wickedness do not profit,
    but righteousness delivers from death.

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11 Balances of deceit are an abomination of Yahweh,
    but an accurate weight[a] delights him.

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  1. Proverbs 11:1 Literally “a full stone” or “a pure stone”

He who keeps his mouth guards his life;[a]
    he who opens his lips, ruin belongs to him.

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  1. Proverbs 13:3 Or “soul,” or “inner self”

11 Wealth gained from haste[a] will dwindle,
    but he who gathers little by little[b] will increase it.

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  1. Proverbs 13:11 Or “vanity”
  2. Proverbs 13:11 Literally “upon the hand”

He who walks in uprightness fears Yahweh,
    but he who is devious in his ways displeases him.

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A faithful witness does not lie,
    but he who breathes out falsehood is a witness of deceit.

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27 He who makes trouble for his house is he who is greedy for unjust gain,
    but he who hates bribes will live.

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By loyalty and faithfulness, iniquity will be covered over,[a]
    and by fear of Yahweh one turns[b] from evil.

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  1. Proverbs 16:6 Or “atoned for”
  2. Proverbs 16:6 Literally “turning”

Better is little with righteousness
    than great income with no justice.

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11 A balance and scales of justice belong to Yahweh;
    all the weights of the bag are his work.

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A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully,
    and in the midst of brothers he will share his inheritance.

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