GOD'S WORD Translation GW
New International Version NIV
10 Drive out a mocker, and conflict will leave. Quarreling and abuse will stop.
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Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.
11 Whoever loves a pure heart and whoever speaks graciously has a king as his friend.
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One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace will have the king for a friend.
12 The LORD's eyes watch over knowledge, but he overturns the words of a treacherous person.
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The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
13 A lazy person says, "There's a lion outside! I'll be murdered in the streets!"
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The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside! I’ll be killed in the public square!”
14 The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit. The one who is cursed by the LORD will fall into it.
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The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit; a man who is under the LORD’s wrath falls into it.
15 Foolishness is firmly attached to a child's heart. Spanking will remove it far from him.
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Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away.
16 Oppressing the poor for profit [or] giving to the rich certainly leads to poverty.
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One who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and one who gives gifts to the rich—both come to poverty.
17 Open your ears, and hear the words of wise people, and set your mind on the knowledge I give you.
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Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach,
18 It is pleasant if you keep them in mind [so that] they will be on the tip of your tongue,
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for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips.
19 so that your trust may be in the LORD. Today I have made them known to you, especially to you.
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So that your trust may be in the LORD, I teach you today, even you.
20 Didn't I write to you previously with advice and knowledge
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Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,
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