23 Repent at my rebuke!
    Then I will pour out my thoughts to you,
    I will make known to you my teachings.

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turning your ear to wisdom
    and applying your heart to understanding(A)

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10 For wisdom will enter your heart,(A)
    and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.

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Wisdom Bestows Well-Being

My son,(A) do not forget my teaching,(B)
    but keep my commands in your heart,

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Let love and faithfulness(A) never leave you;
    bind them around your neck,
    write them on the tablet of your heart.(B)

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Trust in the Lord(A) with all your heart
    and lean not on your own understanding;

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Then he taught me, and he said to me,
    “Take hold(A) of my words with all your heart;
    keep my commands, and you will live.(B)

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21 Do not let them out of your sight,(A)
    keep them within your heart;

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23 Above all else, guard(A) your heart,
    for everything you do flows from it.(B)

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12 You will say, “How I hated discipline!
    How my heart spurned correction!(A)

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14     who plots evil(A) with deceit in his heart—
    he always stirs up conflict.(B)

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18         a heart that devises wicked schemes,
        feet that are quick to rush into evil,(A)

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21 Bind them always on your heart;
    fasten them around your neck.(A)

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25 Do not lust in your heart after her beauty
    or let her captivate you with her eyes.

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Bind them on your fingers;
    write them on the tablet of your heart.(A)

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25 Do not let your heart turn to her ways
    or stray into her paths.(A)

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The wise in heart accept commands,
    but a chattering fool comes to ruin.(A)

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20 The tongue of the righteous is choice silver,
    but the heart of the wicked is of little value.

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20 The Lord detests those whose hearts are perverse,(A)
    but he delights(B) in those whose ways are blameless.(C)

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20 Deceit is in the hearts of those who plot evil,
    but those who promote peace have joy.(A)

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23 The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves,(A)
    but a fool’s heart blurts out folly.(B)

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25 Anxiety weighs down the heart,(A)
    but a kind word cheers it up.

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12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
    but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.(A)

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25 The righteous eat to their hearts’ content,
    but the stomach of the wicked goes hungry.(A)

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10 Each heart knows its own bitterness,
    and no one else can share its joy.

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