Proverbs 3:27-32
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27 ¶ Withhold not the good from [a]the owners thereof, though there be power in [thine] hand to do it.
28 Say not unto thy neighbor, Go and come again, and tomorrow will I give thee, if thou now have it.
29 ¶ Intend none hurt against thy neighbor, seeing he doth dwell [b]without fear by thee.
30 ¶ Strive not with a man causeless, when he hath done thee no harm.
31 ¶ Be not [c]envious for the wicked man, neither choose any of his ways,
32 For the froward is abomination unto the Lord: but his [d]secret is with the righteous.
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- Proverbs 3:27 Not only from them to whom the possession belongeth, but also thou shalt not keep it from them which have need of the use thereof.
- Proverbs 3:29 That is, putteth his trust in thee.
- Proverbs 3:31 Desire not to be like unto him.
- Proverbs 3:32 That is, his covenant and fatherly affection which is hid and secret from the world.
Proverbs 10:2
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2 The treasures of [a]wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
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- Proverbs 10:2 That is, wickedly gotten.
Proverbs 11:1
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11 1 False [a]balances are an abomination unto the Lord: but a perfect [b]weight pleaseth him.
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- Proverbs 11:1 Under this word he condemneth all false weights, measures and deceit.
- Proverbs 11:1 Hebrew, stone.
Proverbs 13:3
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3 He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his life: but he that openeth his lips, destruction shall be to him.
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Proverbs 13:11
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11 The [a]riches of vanity shall diminish: but he that gathereth with [b]the hand, shall increase them.
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- Proverbs 13:11 That is, goods evil gotten.
- Proverbs 13:11 That is, with his own labor.
Proverbs 14:2
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2 (A)He that walketh in his [a]righteousness, feareth the Lord: but he that is lewd in his ways, despiseth him.
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- Proverbs 14:2 That is, in uprightness of heart, and without hypocrisy.
Proverbs 14:5
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5 A faithful witness will not lie: but a false record will speak lies.
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Proverbs 15:27
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27 He that is greedy of gain, troubleth his own house: but he that beareth gifts, shall live.
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Proverbs 16:6
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6 By [a]mercy and truth iniquity shall be forgiven, and by the fear of the Lord they depart from evil.
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- Proverbs 16:6 Their upright and repenting life shall be a token that their sins are forgiven.
Proverbs 16:8
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8 (A)Better is a little with righteousness, than great revenues without equity.
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Proverbs 16:11
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11 (A)A true weight and balance are of the Lord: and the weights of the bag are his [a]work.
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- Proverbs 16:11 If they be true and just, they are God’s work, and he delighteth therein, but otherwise if they be false, they are the work of the devil, and to their condemnation that use them.
Proverbs 17:2
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2 A discrete servant shall have rule over a lewd son, and he shall divide the [a]heritage among the brethren.
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- Proverbs 17:2 That is, shall be made governor over the children.
Proverbs 17:8
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8 A reward is as a stone pleasant in the eyes of them that have it: it prospereth, whithersoever it [a]turneth.
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- Proverbs 17:8 The reward hath great force to gain the hearts of men.
Proverbs 17:23
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23 A wicked man taketh a gift out of the [a]bosom to wrest the ways of judgment.
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- Proverbs 17:23 That is, secretly and out of the bosom of the rich.
Proverbs 20:21
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21 An heritage is hastily gotten at the beginning, but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
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Proverbs 21:3
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3 (A)To do justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
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Proverbs 21:6-8
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6 (A)The gathering of treasures by a deceitful tongue, is vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
7 The [a]robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; for they have refused to execute judgment.
8 The way of some is perverted and strange, but of the pure man, his work is right.
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- Proverbs 21:7 He meaneth this chiefly of Judges, and Princes which leave that vocation, whereunto God hath called them, and powle their subjects to maintain their lusts.
Proverbs 22:22-23
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22 Rob not the poor, because he is poor, neither oppress the afflicted [a]in judgment.
23 For the Lord (A)will defend their cause, and spoil the soul of those that spoil them.
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- Proverbs 22:22 Hebrew, in the gates.
Proverbs 24:23-26
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23 Also these things pertain to the wise, It is not good [a]to have respect of any person in judgment.
24 He that saith to the wicked, (A)Thou art righteous, him shall the people curse, and the multitude shall abhor him.
25 But to them that rebuke him, shall be pleasure, and upon them shall come the blessing of goodness.
26 They shall kiss the lips of him that answereth upright words.
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- Proverbs 24:23 Hebrew, to know the face.
Proverbs 28:3
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3 A poor man, if he oppress the poor, is like a raging rain that leaveth no food.
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Proverbs 28:6
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6 (A)Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that perverteth his ways, though he be rich.
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Proverbs 28:8
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8 He that increaseth his riches by usury and interest, gathereth [a]them for him that will be merciful unto the poor.
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- Proverbs 28:8 For God will take away the wicked usurer, and give his goods to him that shall bestow them well.
Proverbs 31:8-9
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8 Open thy mouth for the [a]dumb in the cause of all the children of destruction.
9 Open thy mouth, judge righteously, and judge the afflicted, and the poor.
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- Proverbs 31:8 Defend their cause that are not able to help themselves.
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