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Do not let gracious love and truth leave you.
    Bind them around your neck,
        write them on the tablet of your heart,

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13 Whoever spreads gossip betrays secrets,
    but the trustworthy person[a] keeps a confidence.

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  1. Proverbs 11:13 Lit. trustworthy in spirit

22 Won’t those who plot evil go astray?
    But gracious love and truth are for those who plan what is good.

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Iniquity is atoned for by gracious love and truth,
    and through fear of the Lord people[a] turn from evil.

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  1. Proverbs 16:6 The Heb. lacks people

17 A friend loves at all times,
    and a brother is there[a] for times of trouble.

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  1. Proverbs 17:17 Lit. born

22 Human beings long for grace,
    and it’s better to be poor than a man of deceit.

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Many claim “I’m a loyal person!”[a]
    but who can find someone who truly is?

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  1. Proverbs 20:6 Lit. claim to be people of gracious love

28 Gracious love and truth preserve a king;
    through love his throne is made secure.

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26 Give me your heart, my son,
    and keep your eyes fixed on my ways,
27 because a prostitute is a deep pit,
    and the adulterous[a] woman a narrow well.
28 Surely she lies in wait like a bandit,
    increasing those who are faithless among mankind.

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  1. Proverbs 23:27 Lit. foreign

13 Like cold snow during harvest time
    is a faithful messenger to those who send him;
        he refreshes his masters.

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19 A bad tooth and an unsteady foot—
    that’s what confidence in an unreliable man is like
        in a time of trouble.

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20 The faithful man will prosper with blessings,
    but whoever is in a hurry to get rich
        will not escape punishment.

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