let the wise listen and add to their learning,(A)
    and let the discerning get guidance—

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Let the wise hear and (A)increase in learning,
    and the one who understands obtain guidance,

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14 For lack of guidance a nation falls,(A)
    but victory is won through many advisers.(B)

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14 Where there is (A)no guidance, a people falls,
    (B)but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

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14 For lack of guidance a nation falls,(A)
    but victory is won through many advisers.(B)

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14 Where there is (A)no guidance, a people falls,
    (B)but in an abundance of counselors there is safety.

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22 Plans fail for lack of counsel,(A)
    but with many advisers(B) they succeed.(C)

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22 (A)Without counsel plans fail,
    but with many advisers they succeed.

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20 Listen to advice and accept discipline,(A)
    and at the end you will be counted among the wise.(B)

21 Many are the plans in a person’s heart,
    but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.(C)

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20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
    that you may gain wisdom in (A)the future.
21 (B)Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
    but (C)it is the purpose of the Lord (D)that will stand.

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18 Plans are established by seeking advice;
    so if you wage war, obtain guidance.(A)

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18 (A)Plans are established by counsel;
    by (B)wise guidance (C)wage war.

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remove wicked officials from the king’s presence,(A)
    and his throne will be established(B) through righteousness.(C)

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take away (A)the wicked from the presence of the king,
    and his (B)throne will be established in righteousness.

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Perfume(A) and incense bring joy to the heart,
    and the pleasantness of a friend
    springs from their heartfelt advice.

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(A)Oil and perfume make the heart glad,
    and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:9 Or and so does the sweetness of a friend that comes from his earnest counsel

12 If a ruler(A) listens to lies,
    all his officials become wicked.(B)

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12 If a ruler listens to falsehood,
    all his officials will be wicked.

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