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

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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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13 He (A)who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets,
But he who is faithful in spirit (B)conceals a matter.

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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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22 Will they not wander in error who (A)devise evil?
But lovingkindness and truth will be to those who devise good.

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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

By (A)lovingkindness and truth iniquity is atoned for,
And by the [a](B)fear of Yahweh one turns away from evil.

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  1. Proverbs 16:6 Or reverence

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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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 desirable in a man is his lovingkindness,
And better is a poor man than a man of falsehood.

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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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Many a man will (A)call out his own lovingkindness,
But a (B)faithful man, who can find?

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

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28 Lovingkindness and (A)truth will guard the king,
And he upholds his throne by lovingkindness.

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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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26 (A)Give your heart to me, my son,
And let your eyes [a](B)delight in my ways.
27 For a harlot is a (C)deep pit
And [b]a (D)foreign woman is a narrow well.
28 Surely she (E)lies in wait as a robber,
And adds to the treacherous among men.

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  1. Proverbs 23:26 Or observe
  2. Proverbs 23:27 Or an adulterous, cf. Prov 2:16

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

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

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  1. Proverbs 25:13 Lit day

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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19 Like [a]an aching tooth and a slipping foot
Is trust in a (A)treacherous man in a day of distress.

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  1. Proverbs 25:19 Lit a bad

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

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20 A (A)faithful man will abound with blessings,
But he who (B)makes haste to be rich will not go unpunished.

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

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