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Proverbs 11:14-24
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14
Where there is no guidance, a nation shall fall, but [there is] safety in an abundance of counsel.
15
He will suffer trouble when he loans to a stranger, but he who refuses a pledge is safe.
16
A woman of grace receives honor, but the ruthless gets wealth.
17
A person of kindness rewards himself, but a cruel [person] harms his own flesh.
18
The wicked earns {deceptive gain}, but he who sows righteousness, a {true reward}.
19
He who is steadfast in righteousness [is] to life as he who pursues evil [is] to death.
20
An abomination of Yahweh [are] the {crooked of heart}, but his delight [are] {those with blameless ways}.
21
{Rest assured}, the wicked will not go unpunished, but the offspring of the righteous will escape.
22
A ring of gold in [the] snout of a pig [is] a woman [who is] beautiful but without discretion.
23
The desire of the righteous [is] only good, but the expectation of the wicked, wrath.
24
There is one who gives yet {grows richer}, but he who withholds {what is right} only [finds] need.
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[a].
Or "people"
[b].
Or "soul," or "inner self"
[c].
Or "does, makes"
[d].
Literally "gain of deception"
[e].
Literally "a reward of truth"
[f].
Hebrew "and"
[g].
Literally "crooked ones of heart"; "heart" may also be translated "mind"
[h].
Literally "blameless ones of ways"
[i].
Literally "Hand to hand"
[j].
Or "seed"
[k].
Literally "adding more"
[l].
Literally "from what is right"
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