Proverbs 4:20-21
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20 My son, (A)pay attention to my words;
(B)Incline your ear to my sayings.
21 (C)Do not let them deviate from your eyes;
(D)Keep them in the midst of your heart.
Proverbs 4:23
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23 Guard your heart with all diligence,
For (A)from it flow the springs of life.
Proverbs 10:20
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20 The tongue of the righteous is as (A)choice silver,
The heart of the wicked is worth little.
Proverbs 12:20
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20 Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,
But counselors of peace have gladness.
Proverbs 15:13
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13 A (A)glad heart makes a face look good,
But [a]when the heart is (B)pained, the (C)spirit is broken.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:13 Lit in sadness of heart
Proverbs 15:15
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15 All the days of the afflicted are evil,
But a good heart has a continual feast.
Proverbs 15:30
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30 [a]Bright eyes gladden the heart;
A good report puts fat on the bones.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 15:30 Lit The light of the eyes gladdens
Proverbs 16:1-2
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16 The [a](A)plans of the heart belong to man,
But the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.
2 All the ways of a man are pure in his own sight,
But (B)Yahweh weighs the [b]motives.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:1 Lit preparations
- Proverbs 16:2 Lit spirits
Proverbs 16:5
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5 Everyone who is proud in heart is an abomination to Yahweh;
Assuredly, he will not be unpunished.
Proverbs 16:21-23
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21 The (A)wise in heart will be called understanding,
And sweetness of [a]lips (B)increases learning.
22 Insight is a fountain of life to one who has it,
But the discipline of ignorant fools is [b]folly.
23 The (C)heart of the wise gives insight to his mouth
And increases learning to his lips.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 16:21 Or speech
- Proverbs 16:22 A lack of wisdom due to negligence or carelessness; the activity of an ignorant fool
Proverbs 17:3
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Proverbs 17:22
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 17:22 Lit causes good healing
Proverbs 18:12
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Proverbs 18:14
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Proverbs 19:3
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Proverbs 19:20
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 19:20 Lit your latter end
Proverbs 20:5
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5 Counsel in the heart of a man is like deep water,
But a man of discernment draws it out.
Proverbs 20:27
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 20:27 Or what a man breathes out
- Proverbs 20:27 Lit chambers of the stomach
Proverbs 21:1-2
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Salvation Belongs to Yahweh
21 The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of Yahweh;
He (A)turns it wherever He pleases.
2 (B)Every man’s way is right in his own eyes,
But Yahweh (C)weighs the hearts.
Proverbs 22:11
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Proverbs 23:12
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12 Bring your heart to discipline
And your ears to [a]words of knowledge.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:12 Lit sayings
Proverbs 24:11-12
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11 (A)Deliver those who are being taken away to death,
And those who are stumbling to the slaughter, Oh hold them back.
12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
Does not He (B)who weighs the hearts (C)understand?
And (D)does not He who (E)guards your soul know?
And will not He [a](F)render to man according to his work?
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:12 Lit bring back
Proverbs 24:17-18
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17 When your enemy falls, (A)do not be glad,
And when he stumbles, do not let your heart rejoice;
18 Lest Yahweh see it and it be evil in His eyes,
And turn His anger away from him.
Proverbs 24:19-20
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19 (A)Do not fret because of evildoers
Do not be (B)jealous of the wicked;
20 For (C)there will be no [a](D)future for the evil one;
The (E)lamp of the wicked will go out.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:20 Lit latter end
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