Never let loyalty and faithfulness leave you.
Tie them around your neck;
write them on the tablet of your heart.(A)

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Don’t let loyalty and faithfulness leave you.
    Bind them on your neck;
    write them on the tablet of your heart.

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13 A gossip goes around revealing a secret,
but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.(A)

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13 A slanderer walks around revealing secrets,
    but a trustworthy person keeps a confidence.

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22 Don’t those who plan evil go astray?(A)
But those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.(B)

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22 Don’t those who plan evil go astray?
    Those who plan good receive loyalty and faithfulness.

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Wickedness is atoned for by loyalty and faithfulness,(A)
and one turns from evil by the fear of the Lord.(B)

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Love and faithfulness reconcile guilt;
    the fear of the Lord turns away evil.

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

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17 Friends love all the time,
    and kinsfolk are born for times of trouble.

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22 What is desirable in a man is his fidelity;
better to be a poor man than a liar.(A)

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22 People long for trustworthiness;
    it is better to be poor than a liar.

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Many a man proclaims his own loyalty,
but who can find a trustworthy man?(A)

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Many people will say that they are loyal,
    but who can find a reliable person?

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28 Loyalty and faithfulness deliver a king;
through loyalty he maintains his throne.

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28 Kindness and faithfulness protect the king;
    he supports his throne by kindness.

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26 My son, give me your heart,
and let your eyes observe my ways.
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit,(A)
and a stranger is a narrow well;
28 indeed, she sets an ambush like a robber(B)
and increases those among men who are unfaithful.

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26 My child, give your mind to me
    and let your eyes keep to my path.
27 A prostitute is a deep pit,
    and a foreign woman is a narrow well.
28 Indeed, she ambushes like a robber
    and increases the number of the faithless.

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13 To those who send him, a trustworthy messenger
is like the coolness of snow on a harvest day;
he refreshes the life of his masters.(A)

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13 Like the coolness of snow on a harvest day
    are reliable messengers to those who send them;
    they restore the life of their master.

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19 Trusting an unreliable person in a difficult time
is like a rotten tooth or a faltering foot.(A)

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19 Trusting a treacherous person at a difficult time
    is like having a bad tooth or a wobbly foot.

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20 A faithful man will have many blessings,(A)
but one in a hurry to get rich(B)
will not go unpunished.

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20 Reliable people will have abundant blessings,
    but those with get-rich-quick schemes won’t go unpunished.

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