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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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Do not let gracious love and truth leave you.
    Bind them around your neck,
        write them on the tablet of your heart,

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17 The man of (A)lovingkindness deals bountifully with his soul,
But the cruel man brings trouble on his flesh.

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17 A gracious man benefits himself,
    but the cruel person damages himself.

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24 (A)Pleasant words are a honeycomb,
Sweet to the soul and (B)healing to the bones.

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24 Pleasant words are honey from a honeycomb—
    sweet to the soul and healing for the body.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:24 Lit. bone

25 When he (A)makes his voice gracious, do not believe him,
For there are seven abominations in his heart.

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25 Though he speaks graciously, don’t believe him,
    for there are seven detestable things in his heart.

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He who increases his wealth by (A)interest and usury
Gathers it (B)for him who is gracious to the lowly.

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Whoever gains wealth by charging exorbitant[a] interest
    collects it for someone who is kind to the poor.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:8 Lit. charging interest upon

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26 She (A)opens her mouth in wisdom,
And the [a]instruction of lovingkindness is on her tongue.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:26 Or law

26 She speaks wisely,
    teaching with gracious love.

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