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19 Better the poor walking in integrity
    than one perverse of speech who is a fool.(A)

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19 Better to be poor and honest
    than to be dishonest and a fool.

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15 My child, if your heart is wise,
    my heart also will be glad.
16 My soul will rejoice
    when your lips speak what is right.

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15 My child,[a] if your heart is wise,
    my own heart will rejoice!
16 Everything in me will celebrate
    when you speak what is right.

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Footnotes

  1. 23:15 Hebrew My son; also in 23:19.

24 Do not envy the wicked,
    nor desire to be with them,(A)
for their minds devise violence,
    and their lips talk of mischief.(B)

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24 Don’t envy evil people
    or desire their company.
For their hearts plot violence,
    and their words always stir up trouble.

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The legs of a lame person hang limp;
    so does a proverb in the mouth of a fool.(A)

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A proverb in the mouth of a fool
    is as useless as a paralyzed leg.

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