Let not mercy and truth forsake you;
(A)Bind them around your neck,
(B)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 (A)A talebearer reveals secrets,
But he who is of a faithful spirit (B)conceals a matter.

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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 Do they not go astray who devise evil?
But mercy and truth belong 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

(A)In mercy and truth
Atonement is provided for iniquity;
And (B)by the fear of the Lord one departs 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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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 desired in a man is [a]kindness,
And a poor man is better than a liar.

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  1. Proverbs 19:22 Lit. lovingkindness

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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Most men will proclaim each his own [a]goodness,
But who can find a faithful man?

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  1. Proverbs 20:6 Lit. mercy

[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)Mercy and truth preserve the king,
And by [a]lovingkindness he upholds his throne.

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  1. Proverbs 20:28 mercy

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 My son, give me your heart,
And let your eyes observe my ways.
27 (A)For a harlot is a deep pit,
And a seductress is a narrow well.
28 (B)She also lies in wait as for a victim,
And increases the unfaithful among men.

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

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

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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 faithful man will abound with blessings,
(A)But he who hastens 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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