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Proverbs 20:22-30
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Proverbs 20:22-30
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22
1
Do not
say
, "I will
repay
evil
";
2
Wait
for the
LORD
, and He will
save
you.
23
3
Differing
weights
are an
abomination
to the
LORD
, And a
4
false
scale
is not
good
.
24
5
Man's
steps
are ordained by the
LORD
,
How
then can
man
understand
his
way
?
25
It is a
trap
for a
man
to
say
rashly
, "It is
holy
!" And
6
after
the
vows
to
make
inquiry
.
26
A
7
wise
king
winnows
the
wicked
, And
drives
the
8
threshing
wheel
over
them.
27
The
9
spirit
of
man
is the
lamp
of the
LORD
,
Searching
all
the
innermost
parts
of his
being
.
28
Loyalty
and
10
truth
preserve
the
king
, And he
upholds
his
throne
by
righteousness
.
29
The
glory
of
young
men
is their
strength
, And the
11
honor
of
old
men
is their
gray
hair
.
30
12
Stripes
that
wound
scour
away
evil
, And
strokes
reach the
innermost
parts
.
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12
1.
Proverbs 24:29
;
Matthew 5:39
;
Romans 12:17, 19
;
1 Thessalonians 5:15
;
1 Peter 3:9
2.
Psalms 27:14
3.
Proverbs 20:10
4.
Proverbs 11:1
5.
Proverbs 16:9
6.
Ecclesiastes 5:4, 5
7.
Proverbs 20:8
8.
Isaiah 28:27
9.
1 Corinthians 2:11
10.
Proverbs 29:14
11.
Proverbs 16:31
12.
Psalms 89:32
;
Proverbs 22:15
;
Isaiah 53:5
;
1 Peter 2:24
Footnotes
9
[a].
Lit "A stone and a stone"
[b].
Lit "balance of deceit"
[c].
Lit "turns"
[d].
Lit "breath"
[e].
Lit "chambers of the body"
[f].
Lit "Covenant loyalty"
[g].
Lit "Covenant loyalty"
[h].
Or "splendor"
[i].
Lit "chambers of the body"
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