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 the power of your hand to do so.
28 (B)Do not say to your neighbor,
“Go, and come back,
And tomorrow I will give it,”
When you have it with you.
29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor,
For he dwells by you for safety’s sake.
30 (C)Do not strive with a man without cause,
If he has done you no harm.
31 (D)Do not envy the oppressor,
And choose none of his ways;
32 For the perverse person is an abomination to the Lord,
(E)But His secret counsel is with the upright.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:27 Lit. its owners
Proverbs 10:2
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Proverbs 11:1
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The Folly of Wickedness
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- Proverbs 11:1 deceptive
- Proverbs 11:1 Lit. perfect stone
Proverbs 13:3
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3 (A)He who guards his mouth preserves his life,
But he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
Proverbs 13:11
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11 (A)Wealth gained by dishonesty will be diminished,
But he who gathers by labor will increase.
Proverbs 14:2
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2 He who walks in his uprightness fears the Lord,
(A)But he who is perverse in his ways despises Him.
Proverbs 14:5
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Proverbs 15:27
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27 (A)He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house,
But he who hates bribes will live.
Proverbs 16:6
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6 (A)In mercy and truth
Atonement is provided for iniquity;
And (B)by the fear of the Lord one departs from evil.
Proverbs 16:8
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8 (A)Better is a little with righteousness,
Than vast revenues without justice.
Proverbs 16:11
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- Proverbs 16:11 concern
Proverbs 17:2
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2 A wise servant will rule over (A)a son who causes shame,
And will share an inheritance among the brothers.
Proverbs 17:8
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8 A present is a precious stone in the eyes of its possessor;
Wherever he turns, he prospers.
Proverbs 17:23
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23 A wicked man accepts a bribe [a]behind the back
To pervert the ways of justice.
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- Proverbs 17:23 Under cover, lit. from the bosom
Proverbs 20:21
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Proverbs 21:3
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3 (A)To do righteousness and justice
Is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Proverbs 21:6-8
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7 The violence of the wicked will [b]destroy them,
Because they refuse to do justice.
8 The way of [c]a guilty man is perverse;
But as for the pure, his work is right.
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- Proverbs 21:6 LXX Pursue vanity on the snares of death; Vg. Is vain and foolish, and shall stumble on the snares of death; Tg. They shall be destroyed, and they shall fall who seek death
- Proverbs 21:7 Lit. drag them away
- Proverbs 21:8 Or The way of a man is perverse and strange;
Proverbs 22:22-23
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22 Do not rob the (A)poor because he is poor,
Nor oppress the afflicted at the gate;
23 (B)For the Lord will plead their cause,
And plunder the soul of those who plunder them.
Proverbs 24:23-26
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Further Sayings of the Wise
23 These things also belong to the wise:
(A)It is not good to [a]show partiality in judgment.
24 (B)He who says to the wicked, “You are righteous,”
Him the people will curse;
Nations will abhor him.
25 But those who rebuke the wicked will have (C)delight,
And a good blessing will come upon them.
26 He who gives a right answer kisses the lips.
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- Proverbs 24:23 Lit. recognize faces
Proverbs 28:3
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- Proverbs 28:3 Lit. and there is no bread
Proverbs 28:6
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6 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than one perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
Proverbs 28:8
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8 One who increases his possessions by usury and extortion
Gathers it for him who will pity the poor.
Proverbs 31:8-9
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8 (A)Open your mouth for the speechless,
In the cause of all who are [a]appointed to die.
9 Open your mouth, (B)judge righteously,
And (C)plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 31:8 Lit. sons of passing away
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