Proverbs 13:14-16

14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning a person from the snares of death.

15 Good judgment wins favor, but the way of the unfaithful leads to their destruction.^[a]

16 All who are prudent act with^[b] knowledge, but fools expose their folly.

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Cross References 4

1. S Proverbs 10:11
2. Proverbs 14:27
3. Ecclesiastes 10:3
4. Esther 5:11; S Psalms 38:5; Proverbs 12:23

Footnotes 2

[a]. Septuagint and Syriac; the meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.
[b]. Or "prudent protect themselves through"

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