10 (A)Rebuke is more effective for a wise man
Than a hundred blows on a fool.

11 An evil man seeks only rebellion;
Therefore a cruel messenger will be sent against him.

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10 A reproof entereth more into a wise man
    than an hundred stripes into a fool.

11 An evil man seeketh only rebellion:
    therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.

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20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction,
That you may be wise (A)in your latter days.

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20 Hear counsel, and receive instruction,
    that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.

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27 Cease listening to instruction, my son,
And you will stray from the words of knowledge.

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27 Cease, my son, to hear the instruction
    that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.

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The [a]wrath of a king is like the roaring of a lion;
Whoever provokes him to anger sins against his own life.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:2 Lit. fear or terror, produced by the king’s wrath

The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion:
    whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.

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Most men will proclaim each his own [a]goodness,
But who can find a faithful man?

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  1. Proverbs 20:6 Lit. mercy

Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness:
    but a faithful man who can find?

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A king who sits on the throne of judgment
Scatters all evil with his eyes.

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A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment
    scattereth away all evil with his eyes.

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11 Even a child is (A)known by his deeds,
Whether what he does is pure and right.

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11 Even a child is known by his doings,
    whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.

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30 Blows that hurt cleanse away evil,
As do stripes the [a]inner depths of the heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:30 Lit. rooms of the belly

30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil:
    so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

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The Lord Considers the Heart

21 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord,
Like the [a]rivers of water;
He turns it wherever He wishes.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:1 channels

21 The king’s heart is in the hand of the Lord, as the rivers of water:
    he turneth it whithersoever he will.

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11 (A)He who loves purity of heart
And has grace on his lips,
The king will be his friend.

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11 He that loveth pureness of heart,
    for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

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(A)It is the glory of God to conceal a matter,
But the glory of kings is to search out a matter.

As the heavens for height and the earth for depth,
So the heart of kings is unsearchable.

(B)Take away the dross from silver,
And it will go to the silversmith for jewelry.
Take away the wicked from before the king,
And his throne will be established in (C)righteousness.

Do not exalt yourself in the presence of the king,
And do not stand in the place of the great;
(D)For it is better that he say to you,
“Come up here,”
Than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince,
Whom your eyes have seen.

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It is the glory of God to conceal a thing:
but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.

The heaven for height, and the earth for depth,
and the heart of kings is unsearchable.

Take away the dross from the silver,
and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

Take away the wicked from before the king,
and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

Put not forth thyself in the presence of the king,
and stand not in the place of great men:
for better it is that it be said unto thee, Come up hither;
than that thou shouldest be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thine eyes have seen.

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18 (A)Whoever [a]keeps the fig tree will eat its fruit;
So he who waits on his master will be honored.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:18 protects or tends

18 Whoso keepeth the fig tree shall eat the fruit thereof:
so he that waiteth on his master shall be honoured.

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