(A)Do not be wise in your own eyes;
(B)Fear the Lord and turn away from evil.
It will be (C)healing to your [a]body
And (D)refreshment to your bones.

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  1. Proverbs 3:8 Lit navel

(A)Be not wise in your own eyes;
    (B)fear the Lord, and turn away from evil.
It will be (C)healing to your flesh[a]
    and (D)refreshment[b] to your bones.

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  1. Proverbs 3:8 Hebrew navel
  2. Proverbs 3:8 Or medicine

29 The (A)way of the Lord is a stronghold for the upright,
But (B)ruin to the workers of injustice.

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29 (A)The way of the Lord is a stronghold to the blameless,
    but destruction to evildoers.

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When a wicked person dies, his (A)expectation will perish,
And the (B)hope of strong people perishes.

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When the wicked dies, his (A)hope will perish,
    and (B)the expectation of wealth[a] perishes too.

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  1. Proverbs 11:7 Or of his strength, or of iniquity

22 A (A)joyful heart [a]is good medicine,
But a broken spirit (B)dries up the bones.

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  1. Proverbs 17:22 Lit causes good healing

22 (A)A joyful heart is good medicine,
    but a crushed spirit (B)dries up the bones.

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10 The (A)name of the Lord is a (B)strong tower;
The righteous runs into it and (C)is [a]safe.
11 A (D)rich person’s wealth is his strong city,
And like a high wall in his own imagination.

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  1. Proverbs 18:10 Lit set on high

10 (A)The name of the Lord is (B)a strong tower;
    the righteous man runs into it and (C)is safe.
11 (D)A rich man's wealth is his strong city,
    and like a high wall in his imagination.

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29 The glory of young men is their strength,
And the [a](A)honor of old men is their gray hair.

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  1. Proverbs 20:29 Or splendor

29 The glory of young men is their strength,
    but (A)the splendor of old men is their gray hair.

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22 A (A)wise person scales the city of the mighty
And brings down the [a]stronghold in which they trust.

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  1. Proverbs 21:22 Lit strength of trust

22 (A)A wise man scales the city of the mighty
    and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.

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(A)By wisdom a house is built,
And by understanding it is established;

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By (A)wisdom a house is built,
    and by understanding it is established;

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A (A)wise man is [a]strong,
And a person of knowledge [b]increases power.

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  1. Proverbs 24:5 Lit in strength
  2. Proverbs 24:5 Lit strengthens power

(A)A wise man is full of strength,
    and a man of knowledge enhances his might,

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10 If you (A)show yourself lacking courage on the day of distress,
Your strength is meager.

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10 If you (A)faint in the day of adversity,
    your strength is small.

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25 The (A)ants are not a strong people,
But they prepare their food in the summer;

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25 (A)the ants are a people not strong,
    yet they provide their food in the summer;

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17 She (A)surrounds her waist with strength
And makes her arms strong.

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17 She (A)dresses herself[a] with strength
    and makes her arms strong.

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  1. Proverbs 31:17 Hebrew She girds her loins

25 Strength and (A)dignity are her clothing,
And she smiles at the [a]future.

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  1. Proverbs 31:25 Lit latter days

25 (A)Strength and dignity are her clothing,
    and she laughs at the time to come.

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