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Deep waters are words of the mouth of a man;
    a gushing stream is a fountain of wisdom.

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(A)The words of a man’s mouth are deep waters;
(B)The wellspring of wisdom is a flowing brook.

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He who acquires wisdom loves himself;[a]
    he who guards understanding loves to find good.

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  1. Proverbs 19:8 Or “soul,” or “inner self”

He who gets [a]wisdom loves his own soul;
He who keeps understanding (A)will find good.

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  1. Proverbs 19:8 Lit. heart

By wisdom a house is built,
    and by understanding it is established.

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

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Wisdom is too high for fools;
    at the gate he will not open his mouth.

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(A)Wisdom is too lofty for a fool;
He does not open his mouth in the gate.

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14 Thus know wisdom for the sake of your soul,[a]
    if you find it, then there is a future,
    and your hope will not be cut off.

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  1. Proverbs 24:14 Or “life,” or “inner self”

14 (A)So shall the knowledge of wisdom be to your soul;
If you have found it, there is a [a]prospect,
And your hope will not be cut off.

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  1. Proverbs 24:14 Lit. latter end

26 He who trusts in his own heart[a] is a fool,
    but he who walks in wisdom will be saved.

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  1. Proverbs 28:26 Or “mind,” or “sense”

26 He who (A)trusts in his own heart is a fool,
But whoever walks wisely will be delivered.

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24 There are four small things on the earth,
    and they are exceedingly wise:[a]
25 The ants are a people who are not strong,
    yet they prepare their food in the summer;
26 the badgers are a people who are not mighty,
    yet they set their house on the rock;
27 there is no king for the locust,
    yet it marches in rank;
28 a lizard you can seize with hands,
    yet it is in palaces of kings.

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  1. Proverbs 30:24 Literally “wise ones from wise ones

24 There are four things which are little on the earth,
But they are exceedingly wise:
25 (A)The ants are a people not strong,
Yet they prepare their food in the summer;
26 (B)The [a]rock badgers are a feeble folk,
Yet they make their homes in the crags;
27 The locusts have no king,
Yet they all advance in ranks;
28 The [b]spider skillfully grasps with its hands,
And it is in kings’ palaces.

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  1. Proverbs 30:26 rock hyraxes
  2. Proverbs 30:28 Or lizard