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11 He that loveth pureness of heart: for the grace of his lips the king shall be his friend.

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11 He that loveth [a]pureness of heart,
[b]For the grace of his lips the king will be his friend.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 22:11 Another reading is, the pure of heart.
  2. Proverbs 22:11 Or, Hath grace in his lips. Or, That hath grace in his lips

24 Make no friendship with an angry man, and with a furious man thou shalt not go,

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24 Make no friendship with a man that is given to anger;
And with a wrathful man thou shalt not go:

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26 Every man that answereth right words, giveth a kiss on the lips.

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26 He [a]kisseth the lips
Who giveth a right answer.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:26 Or, kisseth with the lips

Faithful are the wounds from a friend, but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful.

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Faithful are the wounds of a friend;
But the kisses of an enemy are profuse.

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Ointment and perfume make the heart rejoice; so doth the sweetness of a man’s friend by counsel from the heart.

10 Thine own friend and thy father’s friend, forsake not; neither go to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity; for better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

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Oil and perfume rejoice the heart;
So doth the sweetness of a man’s friend that cometh of hearty counsel.
10 Thine own friend, and thy father’s friend, forsake not;
And go not to thy brother’s house in the day of thy calamity:
Better is a neighbor that is near than a brother far off.

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17 Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

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17 Iron sharpeneth iron;
So a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend.

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Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son, but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father.

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Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son;
But he that is a companion of gluttons shameth his father.

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A man that flattereth his neighbor spreadeth a net for his feet.

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A man that flattereth his neighbor
Spreadeth a net for his steps.

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