Let not (A)steadfast love and (B)faithfulness forsake you;
    (C)bind them around your neck;
    (D)write them on the tablet of your heart.

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Do not let (A)kindness and truth leave you;
(B)Bind them around your neck,
(C)Write them on the tablet of your heart.

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13 Whoever (A)goes about slandering reveals secrets,
    but he who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a thing covered.

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13 One (A)who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets,
But one who is [a]trustworthy (B)conceals a matter.

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  1. Proverbs 11:13 Lit faithful of spirit

22 Do they not go astray who (A)devise evil?
    Those who devise good meet[a] (B)steadfast love and faithfulness.

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  1. Proverbs 14:22 Or show

22 Will they who (A)devise evil not go astray?
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.

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By (A)steadfast love and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for,
    and by (B)the fear of the Lord one (C)turns away from evil.

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By (A)mercy and truth atonement is made for wrongdoing,
And by [a]the (B)fear of the Lord one keeps away from evil.

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  1. Proverbs 16:6 Or reverence for

17 (A)A friend loves at all times,
    and a brother is born for adversity.

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17 A (A)friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.

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22 What is desired in a man is steadfast love,
    and a poor man is better than a liar.

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22 What is desirable in a person is his [a]kindness,
And it is better to be a poor person than a liar.

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  1. Proverbs 19:22 Or loyalty

Many a man (A)proclaims his own steadfast love,
    but (B)a faithful man who can find?

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Many a person (A)proclaims his own loyalty,
But who can find a (B)trustworthy person?

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28 (A)Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king,
    and by steadfast love his (B)throne is upheld.

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28 [a]Loyalty and (A)truth watch over the king,
And he upholds his throne by [b]loyalty.

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  1. Proverbs 20:28 I.e., covenant loyalty
  2. Proverbs 20:28 I.e., covenant loyalty

26 My son, give me your heart,
    and let your eyes observe[a] my ways.
27 For a prostitute is (A)a deep pit;
    (B)an adulteress[b] is a narrow (C)well.
28 (D)She lies in wait like a robber
    and increases the traitors among mankind.

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  1. Proverbs 23:26 Or delight in
  2. Proverbs 23:27 Hebrew a foreign woman

26 (A)Give me your heart, my son,
And let your eyes [a](B)delight in my ways.
27 For a prostitute is a (C)deep pit,
And a [b](D)strange woman is a narrow well.
28 Certainly she (E)lurks as a robber,
And increases the treacherous among mankind.

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  1. Proverbs 23:26 Another reading is observe
  2. Proverbs 23:27 Lit foreign

13 Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest
    is (A)a faithful messenger to those who send him;
    he refreshes the soul of his masters.

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13 Like the cold of snow in the [a]time of harvest
Is a (A)faithful messenger to those who send him,
For he refreshes the soul of his masters.

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  1. Proverbs 25:13 Lit day

19 Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble
    is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.

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19 Like a bad tooth and [a]an unsteady foot
Is confidence in a (A)treacherous person in time of trouble.

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  1. Proverbs 25:19 Lit a slipping foot

20 A faithful man will abound with blessings,
    but whoever hastens to be rich (A)will not go unpunished.

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20 A (A)faithful person will abound with blessings,
But one who (B)hurries to be rich will not go unpunished.

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