Proverbs 3:3-4
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Proverbs 3:13-18
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13 Blessed are those who find wisdom,
those who gain understanding,
14 for she is more profitable than silver
and yields better returns than gold.(A)
15 She is more precious than rubies;(B)
nothing you desire can compare with her.(C)
16 Long life is in her right hand;(D)
in her left hand are riches and honor.(E)
17 Her ways are pleasant ways,
and all her paths are peace.(F)
18 She is a tree of life(G) to those who take hold of her;
those who hold her fast will be blessed.(H)
Proverbs 3:35
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35 The wise inherit honor,
but fools get only shame.
Proverbs 4:7-9
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 4:7 Or Wisdom is supreme; therefore get
- Proverbs 4:7 Or wisdom. / Whatever else you get
Proverbs 10:7
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 10:7 See Gen. 48:20.
Proverbs 11:16
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16 A kindhearted woman gains honor,(A)
but ruthless men gain only wealth.
Proverbs 11:26-27
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26 People curse the one who hoards grain,
but they pray God’s blessing on the one who is willing to sell.
27 Whoever seeks good finds favor,
but evil comes to one who searches for it.(A)
Proverbs 12:8
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8 A person is praised according to their prudence,
and one with a warped(A) mind is despised.
Proverbs 12:9
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9 Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant
than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
Proverbs 13:15
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15 Good judgment wins favor,
but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.[a]
Footnotes
- Proverbs 13:15 Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
Proverbs 13:18
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Proverbs 14:35
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35 A king delights in a wise servant,
but a shameful servant arouses his fury.(A)
Proverbs 15:33
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Proverbs 16:13
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13 Kings take pleasure in honest lips;
they value the one who speaks what is right.(A)
Proverbs 17:28
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28 Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent,
and discerning if they hold their tongues.(A)
Proverbs 18:12
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12 Before a downfall the heart is haughty,
but humility comes before honor.(A)
Proverbs 20:11
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11 Even small children are known by their actions,
so is their conduct really pure(A) and upright?
Proverbs 21:21
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:21 Or righteousness
Proverbs 22:4
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Proverbs 25:6-7
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6 Do not exalt yourself in the king’s presence,
and do not claim a place among his great men;
7 it is better for him to say to you, “Come up here,”(A)
than for him to humiliate you before his nobles.
What you have seen with your eyes
Proverbs 25:13
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13 Like a snow-cooled drink at harvest time
is a trustworthy messenger to the one who sends him;
he refreshes the spirit of his master.(A)
Proverbs 25:27
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Proverbs 27:18
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Proverbs 28:23
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23 Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor
rather than one who has a flattering tongue.(A)
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