Proverbs 3:11-12
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11 My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord,
nor be weary of His correction;
12 for whom the Lord loves He corrects,
even as a father the son in whom he delights.
Proverbs 7:4
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4 Say to wisdom, “You are my sister,”
and call understanding your kinswoman,
Proverbs 8:17
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17 I love those who love me,
and those who seek me early will find me.
Proverbs 8:21
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21 that I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth,
and I will fill their treasuries.
Proverbs 9:8
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8 Do not reprove a scorner, lest he hate you;
rebuke a wise man, and he will love you.
Proverbs 10:12
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12 Hatred stirs up strife,
but love covers all sins.
Proverbs 13:24
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24 He who spares his rod hates his son,
but he who loves him disciplines him early.
Proverbs 14:22
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22 Do they not err who devise evil?
But mercy and truth will be to those who devise good.
Proverbs 15:9
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9 The way of the wicked is an abomination unto the Lord,
but He loves him who follows after righteousness.
Proverbs 15:17
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17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is
than a fatted calf with hatred.
Proverbs 16:6
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6 By mercy and truth iniquity is purged;
and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.
Proverbs 17:9
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9 He who covers a transgression seeks love,
but he who repeats a matter separates friends.
Proverbs 17:17
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17 A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 18:19
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19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city,
and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
Proverbs 18:24
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24 A man who has friends must show himself friendly,
and there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
Proverbs 19:8
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8 He who gets wisdom loves his own soul;
he who keeps understanding will find good.
Proverbs 20:28
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28 Mercy and truth preserve the king,
and his throne is upheld by mercy.
Proverbs 21:17
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17 He who loves pleasure will be a poor man;
he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
Proverbs 21:21
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21 He who follows after righteousness and mercy
finds life, righteousness, and honor.
Proverbs 27:5-6
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5 Open rebuke is better
than secret love.
6 Faithful are the wounds of a friend,
but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.
Proverbs 27:9-10
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9 Ointment and perfume rejoice the heart,
so does the sweetness of a man’s friend by hearty counsel.
10 Do not forsake your own friend or your father’s friend,
nor go into your brother’s house in the day of your calamity;
for better is a neighbor who is near than a brother far off.
Proverbs 29:3
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3 Whoever loves wisdom rejoices his father,
but he who keeps company with harlots spends his substance.
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