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Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you.
    Bind them around your neck.
    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 One who brings gossip betrays a confidence,
    but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret.

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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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:13 Lit faithful of spirit

22 Don’t they go astray who plot evil?
    But love and faithfulness belong to those who plan good.

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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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By mercy and truth iniquity is atoned for.
    By the fear of Yahweh men depart 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 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 That which makes a man to be desired is his kindness.
    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 men claim to be men of unfailing love,
    but who can find a faithful man?

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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 Love and faithfulness keep the king safe.
    His throne is sustained by love.

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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 keep in my ways.
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit;
    and a wayward wife is a narrow well.
28 Yes, she lies in wait like a robber,
    and increases the unfaithful among men.

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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 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest,
    so is a faithful messenger to those who send him;
    for 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 Confidence in someone unfaithful in time of trouble
    is like a bad tooth or a lame foot.

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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 is rich with blessings;
    but one who is eager to be rich 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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