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Don’t be wise in your own eyes.
    Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.
It will be health to your body,
    and nourishment to your bones.

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Don’t be wise in your own eyes;(A)
fear the Lord and turn away from evil.(B)
This will be healing for your body[a](C)
and strengthening for your bones.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 3:8 Lit navel

29 The way of Yahweh is a stronghold to the upright,
    but it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.

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29 The way of the Lord is a stronghold for the honorable,
but destruction awaits evildoers.(A)

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When a wicked man dies, hope perishes,
    and expectation of power comes to nothing.

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When the wicked person dies,
his expectation comes to nothing,
and hope placed in wealth[a][b] vanishes.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 11:7 LXX reads hope of the ungodly
  2. 11:7 Or strength

22 A cheerful heart makes good medicine,
    but a crushed spirit dries up the bones.

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

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10 Yahweh’s name is a strong tower:
    the righteous run to him, and are safe.
11 The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,
    like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.

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10 The name of the Lord is a strong tower;(A)
the righteous run to it and are protected.[a](B)

11 The wealth of the rich is his fortified city;
in his imagination it is like a high wall.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 18:10 Lit raised high

29 The glory of young men is their strength.
    The splendor of old men is their gray hair.

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

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22 A wise man scales the city of the mighty,
    and brings down the strength of its confidence.

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22 A wise person went up against a city of warriors
and brought down its secure fortress.(A)

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Through wisdom a house is built;
    by understanding it is established;

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

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A wise man has great power;
    and a knowledgeable man increases strength;

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A wise warrior is better than a strong one,[a]
and a man of knowledge than one of strength;[b](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 24:5 LXX, Syr; MT reads is in strength
  2. 24:5 LXX, Syr, Tg; MT reads knowledge exerts strength

10 If you falter in the time of trouble,
    your strength is small.

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10 If you do nothing in a difficult time,
your strength is limited.

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25     The ants are not a strong people,
    yet they provide their food in the summer.

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

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17 She arms her waist with strength,
    and makes her arms strong.

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17 She draws on her strength[a]
and reveals that her arms are strong.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 31:17 Lit She wraps strength around her like a belt

25 Strength and dignity are her clothing.
    She laughs at the time to come.

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25 Strength(A) and honor are her clothing,(B)
and she can laugh at the time to come.(C)

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