27 there will be enough goat’s milk for your food—
food for your household
and nourishment for your female servants.(A)

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27 You will have enough goat’s milk to drink
    and to supply your household needs,
        as well as sustenance for your servant girls.

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

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12 When a ruler is listening to lies,
    all of his officials tend to become wicked.

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19 A slave cannot be disciplined by words;
though he understands, he doesn’t respond.(A)

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Dangerous Behaviors

19 By mere words a servant will not be corrected;
    even though he understands,
        there will be no response.

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10 Don’t slander a servant to his master
or he will curse you,(A) and you will become guilty.

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On Different Kinds of People

10 Don’t lie about a servant to his master,
    or that servant[a] will curse you and you will pay for it.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:10 Lit. or he