Proverbs 3:1-2
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Trust, Fear, and Honor Yahweh
3 My son, (A)do not forget my [a]law,
But let your heart (B)guard my commandments;
2 For (C)length of days and years of life
And peace they will add to you.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 3:1 Or instruction
Proverbs 9:7-9
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7 He who (A)disciplines a scoffer receives disgrace for himself,
And he who reproves a wicked man receives injury for himself.
8 (B)Do not reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you,
(C)Reprove a wise man and he will love you.
9 Give knowledge to a wise man and he will be still wiser,
Make a righteous man know it and he will (D)increase his learning.
Proverbs 10:8
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8 The (A)wise of heart will receive commandments,
But an ignorant fool of loose lips will be [a]ruined.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:8 Lit thrust down
Proverbs 12:15
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15 The (A)way of an ignorant fool is right in his own eyes,
But a wise man is he who listens to counsel.
Proverbs 13:1
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Proverbs 13:13
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13 The one who (A)despises the word will be [a]in debt to it,
But the one who fears the commandment will be (B)rewarded.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:13 Lit pledged to it
Proverbs 15:31
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31 He whose ear listens to the life-giving reproof
Will lodge among the wise.
Proverbs 17:10
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10 A rebuke goes deeper into one who understands
Than a hundred blows into a fool.
Proverbs 19:16
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16 He who (A)keeps the commandment keeps his soul,
But he who despises his way will die.
Proverbs 19:20
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:20 Lit your latter end
Proverbs 19:25
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25 (A)Strike a scoffer and the simple may become prudent,
But (B)reprove one who has understanding and he will understand knowledge.
Proverbs 19:27
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27 Cease listening, my son, to discipline,
And you will stray from the words of knowledge.
Proverbs 23:9
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:9 Lit ears
Proverbs 25:12
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12 Like [a]an (A)earring of gold and an (B)ornament of (C)fine gold
Is a wise reprover to a (D)listening ear.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 25:12 Or a nose ring
Proverbs 27:5-6
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5 Better is reproof that is (A)revealed
Than love that is hidden.
6 Faithful are the (B)wounds of a friend,
But [a]deceitful are the (C)kisses of an enemy.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 27:6 Or excessive
Proverbs 27:17
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17 Iron sharpens iron,
So one man sharpens another.
Proverbs 29:1
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 29:1 Lit and there is no healing
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