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27 Don’t withhold good from those to whom it is due,
    when it is in the power of your hand to do it.
28 Don’t say to your neighbor, “Go, and come again;
    tomorrow I will give it to you,”
    when you have it by you.
29 Don’t devise evil against your neighbor,
    since he dwells securely by you.
30 Don’t strive with a man without cause,
    if he has done you no harm.
31 Don’t envy the man of violence.
    Choose none of his ways.
32 For the perverse is an abomination to Yahweh,
    but his friendship is with the upright.

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27 Withhold not good from them to whom it is due,
When it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
28 Say not unto thy neighbor, Go, and come again,
And to-morrow I will give;
When thou hast it by thee.
29 Devise not evil against thy neighbor,
Seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
30 Strive not with a man without cause,
If he have done thee no harm.
31 Envy thou not the man of violence,
And choose none of his ways.
32 For the perverse is an abomination to Jehovah;
But his [a]friendship is with the upright.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 3:32 Or, counsel

Treasures of wickedness profit nothing,
    but righteousness delivers from death.

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Treasures of wickedness profit nothing;
But righteousness delivereth from death.

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11 A false balance is an abomination to Yahweh,
    but accurate weights are his delight.

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11 [a]A false balance is an abomination to Jehovah;
But a just weight is his delight.

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  1. Proverbs 11:1 Hebrew A balance of deceit.

He who guards his mouth guards his soul.
    One who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

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He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life;
But he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.

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11 Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away,
    but he who gathers by hand makes it grow.

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11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished;
But he that gathereth [a]by labor shall have increase.

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  1. Proverbs 13:11 Hebrew with the hand.

He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh,
    but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.

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He that walketh in his uprightness feareth Jehovah;
But he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.

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A truthful witness will not lie,
    but a false witness pours out lies.

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A faithful witness will not lie;
But a false witness [a]uttereth lies.

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  1. Proverbs 14:5 Hebrew breatheth out.

27 He who is greedy for gain troubles his own house,
    but he who hates bribes will live.

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27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house;
But he that hateth bribes shall live.

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By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for.
    By the fear of Yahweh men depart from evil.

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By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for;
And by the fear of Jehovah men depart from evil.

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Better is a little with righteousness,
    than great revenues with injustice.

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Better is a little, with righteousness,
Than great revenues with injustice.

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11 Honest balances and scales are Yahweh’s;
    all the weights in the bag are his work.

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11 A just balance and scales are Jehovah’s;
All the weights of the bag are his work.

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A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who causes shame,
    and shall have a part in the inheritance among the brothers.

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A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that [a]causeth shame,
And shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:2 Or, doeth shamefully