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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Let not kindness and truth forsake thee:
Bind them about thy neck;
Write them upon the tablet of thy heart:

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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

13 He that goeth about as a tale-bearer revealeth secrets;
But he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth a matter.

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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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22 [a]Do they not err that devise evil?
But mercy and truth shall be to them that devise good.

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  1. Proverbs 14:22 Or, Shall they not go astray

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

By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for;
And by the fear of Jehovah men depart 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 friend loveth at all times;
And [a]a brother is born for adversity.

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  1. Proverbs 17:17 Or, is born as a brother

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

22 That which maketh a man to be desired is his kindness;
And a poor man is better than a liar.

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

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[a]Most men will proclaim every one his own kindness;
But a faithful man who can find?

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  1. Proverbs 20:6 Or, Many a man will meet one that is kind to him

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

28 Kindness and truth preserve the king;
And [a]his throne is upholden by kindness.

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  1. Proverbs 20:28 Or, he upholdeth his throne

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

26 My son, give me thy heart;
And let thine eyes [a]delight in my ways.
27 For a harlot is a deep ditch;
And a foreign woman is a narrow pit.
28 Yea, she lieth in wait [b]as a robber,
And increaseth the treacherous among men.

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  1. Proverbs 23:26 Another reading is, observe
  2. Proverbs 23:28 Or, as for a prey

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

13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest,
So is a faithful messenger to them that send him;
For he refresheth the soul of his masters.

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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

19 Confidence in an unfaithful man in time of trouble
Is like a broken tooth, and a foot out of joint.

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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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20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings;
But he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be unpunished.

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