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Proverbs 20:22-30
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22
Do not say, “I’ll pay you back for this wrong!” Wait for the LORD, and he will avenge you.
23
The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales do not please him.
24
A person’s steps are directed by the LORD. How then can anyone understand their own way?
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It is a trap to dedicate something rashly and only later to consider one’s vows.
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A wise king winnows out the wicked; he drives the threshing wheel over them.
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The human spirit is
[a]
the lamp of the LORD that sheds light on one’s inmost being.
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Love and faithfulness keep a king safe; through love his throne is made secure.
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The glory of young men is their strength, gray hair the splendor of the old.
30
Blows and wounds scrub away evil, and beatings purge the inmost being.
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15
1.
Proverbs 24:29
2.
Isaiah 37:20
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Jeremiah 1:19
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Jeremiah 42:11
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Romans 12:19
3.
S ver 10; S
Deuteronomy 25:13
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Psalms 90:12
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Job 33:29
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Proverbs 19:21
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Jeremiah 10:23
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Proverbs 10:19
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Proverbs 18:13
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Ecc 5:2,4-5
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Jeremiah 44:25
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S ver 8
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Psalms 119:105
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Proverbs 16:2
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Psalms 40:11
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Proverbs 16:12
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Isaiah 16:5
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Proverbs 29:14
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Proverbs 16:31
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Psalms 51:2
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Proverbs 22:15
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Isaiah 1:5
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[a].
Or "A person’s words are"
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