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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17 A (A)merciful person does [a]himself good,
But the cruel person [b]does himself harm.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:17 Lit his soul
  2. Proverbs 11:17 Lit ruins his flesh

17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul;
But he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

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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 as a honeycomb,
Sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

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25 When [a]he (A)speaks graciously, do not believe him,
Because there are seven abominations in his heart.

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  1. Proverbs 26:25 Lit his voice is gracious

25 When he speaketh fair, believe him not;
For there are seven abominations in his heart:

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One who increases his wealth by [a](A)interest of any kind,
Collects it (B)for one who is gracious to the poor.

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  1. Proverbs 28:8 Possibly interest on money and food loans

He that augmenteth his substance by interest and increase,
Gathereth it for him that hath pity on the poor.

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

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  1. Proverbs 31:26 Or law

26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom;
And the [a]law of kindness is on her tongue.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 31:26 Or, teaching