Proverbs 20:28
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- 20.28 Gk: Heb loyalty
Proverbs 20:28
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28 Kindness and faithfulness protect the king;
he supports his throne by kindness.
Proverbs 21:8
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8 The way of the guilty is crooked,
but the conduct of the pure is right.
Proverbs 21:8
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8 The ways of some people are twisted and strange,
but the behavior of those who do right is pure.
Proverbs 21:29
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- 21.29 Or establish
Proverbs 21:29
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29 The wicked person appears brash,
but the virtuous think about the path ahead.
Proverbs 22:10-11
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10 Drive out a scoffer, and strife goes out;
quarreling and abuse will cease.(A)
11 Those who love a pure heart and are gracious in speech
will have the king as a friend.(B)
Proverbs 22:10-11
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10 Remove the mocker and conflict disappears;
judgment and shame also stop.
11 Those who love a pure heart—
their speech is gracious, and the king is their friend.
Proverbs 23:1-3
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Proverbs 23:1-3
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23 When you sit down to dine with a ruler,
carefully consider what is in front of you.
2 Place a knife at your throat
to control your appetite.
3 Don’t long for the ruler’s delicacies;
the food misleads.
Proverbs 23:6-8
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6 Do not eat the bread of the stingy;
do not desire their delicacies,(A)
7 for like a hair in the throat, so are they.[a]
“Eat and drink!” they say to you,
but they do not mean it.(B)
8 You will vomit up the little you have eaten,
and you will waste your pleasant words.
Footnotes
- 23.7 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Proverbs 23:6-8
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6 Don’t eat food with stingy people;
don’t long for their delicacies,
7 because they are like a hair in the throat.[a]
They say to you, “Eat and drink!”
but they don’t mean it.
8 You will eat scraps and vomit them out.
You will waste your pleasant words.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 23:7 LXX; Heb uncertain
Proverbs 25:5
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5 take away the wicked from the presence of the king,
and his throne will be established in righteousness.(A)
Proverbs 25:5
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5 Remove the wicked from the king’s presence,
and his throne will be established in righteousness.
Proverbs 26:6
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6 It is like cutting off one’s foot and drinking down violence,
to send a message by a fool.
Proverbs 26:6
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6 Sending messages with a fool
is like cutting off one’s feet or drinking down violence.
Proverbs 26:10
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10 Like an archer who wounds everybody
is one who hires a passing fool or drunkard.[a]
Footnotes
- 26.10 Meaning of Heb uncertain
Proverbs 26:10
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10 Like an archer who wounds someone randomly,
so is one who hires a fool or a passerby.
Proverbs 26:24-28
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24 An enemy dissembles in speaking
while harboring deceit within;(A)
25 when an enemy speaks graciously, do not believe it,
for there are seven abominations concealed within;(B)
26 though hatred is covered with guile,
the enemy’s wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.(C)
27 Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,
and a stone will come back on the one who starts it rolling.(D)
28 A lying tongue hates its victims,
and a flattering mouth works ruin.(E)
Proverbs 26:24-28
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24 Hateful people mislead with their lips,
keeping their deception within.
25 Though they speak graciously, don’t believe them,
for seven horrible things are in their heart.
26 They may cover their hatred with trickery,
but their evil will be revealed in public.
27 Those who dig a pit will fall in it;
those who roll a stone will have it turn back on them.
28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes;
a flattering mouth causes destruction.
Proverbs 28:21
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21 To show partiality is not good,
yet for a piece of bread a person may do wrong.
Proverbs 28:21
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21 Those who show favoritism aren’t good;
people do wrong for a crust of bread.
Proverbs 29:5
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5 Whoever flatters a neighbor
is spreading a net for the neighbor’s feet.
Proverbs 29:5
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5 People who flatter their friends
spread out a net for their feet.
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