Do not let (A)kindness and truth leave you;
(B)Bind them around your neck,
(C)Write them on the tablet of your heart.

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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 One (A)who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets,
But one who is [a]trustworthy (B)conceals a matter.

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  1. Proverbs 11:13 Lit faithful of spirit

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 Will they who (A)devise evil not go astray?
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.

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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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By (A)mercy and truth atonement is made for wrongdoing,
And by [a]the (B)fear of the Lord one keeps away from evil.

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  1. Proverbs 16:6 Or reverence for

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 (A)friend loves at all times,
And a brother is born for adversity.

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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 What is desirable in a person is his [a]kindness,
And it is better to be a poor person than a liar.

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  1. Proverbs 19:22 Or loyalty

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

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Many a person (A)proclaims his own loyalty,
But who can find a (B)trustworthy person?

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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 [a]Loyalty and (A)truth watch over the king,
And he upholds his throne by [b]loyalty.

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  1. Proverbs 20:28 I.e., covenant loyalty
  2. Proverbs 20:28 I.e., covenant loyalty

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

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26 (A)Give me your heart, my son,
And let your eyes [a](B)delight in my ways.
27 For a prostitute is a (C)deep pit,
And a [b](D)strange woman is a narrow well.
28 Certainly she (E)lurks as a robber,
And increases the treacherous among mankind.

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  1. Proverbs 23:26 Another reading is observe
  2. Proverbs 23:27 Lit foreign

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 the cold of snow in the [a]time of harvest
Is a (A)faithful messenger to those who send him,
For he refreshes the soul of his masters.

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  1. Proverbs 25:13 Lit day

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 Like a bad tooth and [a]an unsteady foot
Is confidence in a (A)treacherous person in time of trouble.

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  1. Proverbs 25:19 Lit a slipping foot

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 A (A)faithful person will abound with blessings,
But one who (B)hurries to be rich will not go unpunished.

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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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