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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 loyalty and faithfulness forsake you;
    bind them around your neck;
    write them on the tablet of your heart.(A)

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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 A gossip goes about telling secrets,
    but one who is trustworthy in spirit keeps a confidence.(A)

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

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22 Do not those who plan evil err?
    Those who plan good find loyalty and faithfulness.

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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 loyalty and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for,
    and by the fear of the Lord one avoids evil.(A)

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17 A friend loves at all times;
    and a brother is born for adversity.

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17 A friend loves at all times,
    and kinsfolk are born to share adversity.(A)

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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 loyalty,
    and it is better to be poor than a liar.

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Many men claim to be men of unfailing love,
    but who can find a faithful man?

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Many proclaim themselves loyal,
    but who can find one worthy of trust?(A)

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

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28 Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king,
    and his throne is upheld by righteousness.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 20.28 Gk: Heb 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 My child, give me your heart,
    and let your eyes observe[a] my ways.(A)
27 For a prostitute is a deep pit;
    an adulteress[b] is a narrow well.(B)
28 She lies in wait like a robber
    and increases the number of the faithless.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 23.26 Or delight in
  2. 23.27 Heb alien woman

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 time of harvest
    are faithful messengers to those who send them;
    they refresh the spirit of their masters.(A)

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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 or a lame foot
    is trust in a faithless person in time of trouble.

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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 The faithful will abound with blessings,
    but one who is in a hurry to be rich will not go unpunished.(A)

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