12 (A)Before destruction a man's heart is haughty,
    but (B)humility comes before honor.

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12 Before his downfall a man’s heart is proud,(A)
but humility comes before honor.(B)

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14 A man's spirit will endure sickness,
    but (A)a crushed spirit who can bear?

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14 A man’s spirit can endure sickness,
but who can survive a broken spirit?(A)

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When a man's folly (A)brings his way to ruin,
    his heart (B)rages against the Lord.

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A man’s own foolishness leads him astray,
yet his heart rages against the Lord.(A)

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20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
    that you may gain wisdom in (A)the future.

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20 Listen to counsel and receive instruction
so that you may be wise later in life.[a](A)

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  1. Proverbs 19:20 Lit in your end

The purpose in a man's heart is like (A)deep water,
    but a man of understanding will draw it out.

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Counsel in a man’s heart is deep water;(A)
but a man of understanding draws it out.

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27 (A)The spirit[a] of man is the lamp of the Lord,
    (B)searching all (C)his innermost parts.

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  1. Proverbs 20:27 Hebrew breath

27 The Lord’s lamp sheds light on a person’s life,[a]
searching the innermost parts.[b](A)

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  1. Proverbs 20:27 Lit breath
  2. Proverbs 20:27 Lit the chambers of the belly

21 The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord;
    he (A)turns it wherever he will.
(B)Every way of a man is right in his own eyes,
    but the Lord (C)weighs the heart.

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21 A king’s heart is like streams of water in the Lord’s hand:
He directs it wherever He chooses.(A)

All a man’s ways seem right to him,
but the Lord evaluates the motives.[a](B)

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  1. Proverbs 21:2 Lit Lord weighs the hearts

11 He who (A)loves purity of heart,
    and whose (B)speech is gracious, (C)will have the king as his friend.

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11 The one who loves a pure heart
and gracious lips—the king is his friend.(A)

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12 Apply your heart to instruction
    and your ear to words of knowledge.

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12 Apply yourself to discipline
and listen to words of knowledge.

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11 (A)Rescue those who are being taken away to death;
    hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter.
12 If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
    (B)does not he who (C)weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who (D)keeps watch over your soul know it,
    and will he not repay man (E)according to his work?

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11 Rescue those being taken off to death,
and save those stumbling toward slaughter.(A)
12 If you say, “But we didn’t know about this,”
won’t He who weighs hearts(B) consider it?
Won’t He who protects your life(C) know?
Won’t He repay a person according to his work?(D)

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17 (A)Do not rejoice when your enemy falls,
    and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles,
18 lest the Lord see it and be displeased,
    and turn away his anger from him.

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17 Don’t gloat when your enemy falls,
and don’t let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,(A)
18 or the Lord will see, be displeased,
and turn His wrath away from him.

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19 (A)Fret not yourself because of evildoers,
    and be not (B)envious of the wicked,
20 for the evil man has no (C)future;
    (D)the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

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19 Don’t be agitated by evildoers,
and don’t envy the wicked.(A)
20 For the evil have no future;(B)
the lamp of the wicked will be put out.(C)

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