Proverbs 3:3-4
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3 Don’t let kindness and truth forsake you.
Bind them around your neck.
Write them on the tablet of your heart.
4 So you will find favor,
and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
Proverbs 3:13-18
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13 Happy is the man who finds wisdom,
the man who gets understanding.
14 For her good profit is better than getting silver,
and her return is better than fine gold.
15 She is more precious than rubies.
None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her.
16 Length of days is in her right hand.
In her left hand are riches and honor.
17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness.
All her paths are peace.
18 She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her.
Happy is everyone who retains her.
Proverbs 3:35
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35 The wise will inherit glory,
but shame will be the promotion of fools.
Proverbs 4:7-9
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7 Wisdom is supreme.
Get wisdom.
Yes, though it costs all your possessions, get understanding.
8 Esteem her, and she will exalt you.
She will bring you to honor when you embrace her.
9 She will give to your head a garland of grace.
She will deliver a crown of splendor to you.”
Proverbs 10:7
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7 The memory of the righteous is blessed,
but the name of the wicked will rot.
Proverbs 11:16
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16 A gracious woman obtains honor,
but violent men obtain riches.
Proverbs 11:26-27
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26 People curse someone who withholds grain,
but blessing will be on the head of him who sells it.
27 He who diligently seeks good seeks favor,
but he who searches after evil, it shall come to him.
Proverbs 12:8
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8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom,
but he who has a warped mind shall be despised.
Proverbs 12:9
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9 Better is he who is little known, and has a servant,
than he who honors himself, and lacks bread.
Proverbs 13:15
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15 Good understanding wins favor,
but the way of the unfaithful is hard.
Proverbs 13:18
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18 Poverty and shame come to him who refuses discipline,
but he who heeds correction shall be honored.
Proverbs 14:35
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35 The king’s favor is toward a servant who deals wisely,
but his wrath is toward one who causes shame.
Proverbs 15:33
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33 The fear of Yahweh teaches wisdom.
Before honor is humility.
Proverbs 16:13
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13 Righteous lips are the delight of kings.
They value one who speaks the truth.
Proverbs 17:28
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28 Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise.
When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.
Proverbs 18:12
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12 Before destruction the heart of man is proud,
but before honor is humility.
Proverbs 20:11
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11 Even a child makes himself known by his doings,
whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
Proverbs 21:21
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21 He who follows after righteousness and kindness
finds life, righteousness, and honor.
Proverbs 22:4
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4 The result of humility and the fear of Yahweh
is wealth, honor, and life.
Proverbs 25:6-7
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6 Don’t exalt yourself in the presence of the king,
or claim a place among great men;
7 for it is better that it be said to you, “Come up here,”
than that you should be put lower in the presence of the prince,
whom your eyes have seen.
Proverbs 25:13
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13 As the cold of snow in the time of harvest,
so is a faithful messenger to those who send him;
for he refreshes the soul of his masters.
Proverbs 25:27
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27 It is not good to eat much honey,
nor is it honorable to seek one’s own honor.
Proverbs 27:18
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18 Whoever tends the fig tree shall eat its fruit.
He who looks after his master shall be honored.
Proverbs 28:23
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23 One who rebukes a man will afterward find more favor
than one who flatters with the tongue.
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