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Proverbs 16:12-33

16:12

[It is] an abomination
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to kings
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to commit
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wickedness
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for the throne
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is established
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by righteousness
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16:13

Righteous
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lips
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[are] the delight
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of kings
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and they love
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him that speaketh
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right
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16:14

The wrath
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of a king
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[is as] messengers
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of death
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but a wise
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man
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will pacify
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it.

16:15

In the light
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of the king's
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countenance
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[is] life
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and his favour
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[is] as a cloud
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of the latter rain
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16:16

How much better
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[is it] to get
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wisdom
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than gold
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and to get
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understanding
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rather to be chosen
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than silver
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16:17

The highway
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of the upright
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[is] to depart
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from evil
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he that keepeth
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his way
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preserveth
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his soul
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16:18

Pride
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[goeth] before
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destruction
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and an haughty
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spirit
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before
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a fall
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16:19

Better
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[it is to be] of an humble
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spirit
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with the lowly
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than to divide
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the spoil
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with the proud
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16:20

He that handleth a matter
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wisely
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shall find
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good
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and whoso trusteth
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in the LORD
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happy
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[is] he. {handleth...: or, understandeth a matter}

16:21

The wise
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in heart
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shall be called
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prudent
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and the sweetness
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of the lips
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increaseth
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learning
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16:22

Understanding
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[is] a wellspring
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of life
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unto him that hath
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it: but the instruction
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of fools
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[is] folly
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16:23

The heart
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of the wise
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teacheth
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his mouth
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and addeth
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learning
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to his lips
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{teacheth: Heb. maketh wise}

16:24

Pleasant
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words
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[are as] an honeycomb
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sweet
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to the soul
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and health
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to the bones
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16:25

There is
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a way
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that seemeth right
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unto
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a man
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but the end
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thereof [are] the ways
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of death
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16:26

He
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that laboureth
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laboureth
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for himself; for his mouth
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craveth
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it of him. {He...: Heb. The soul of him that} {craveth...: Heb. boweth unto him}

16:27

An ungodly
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man
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diggeth up
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evil
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and in his lips
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[there is] as a burning
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fire
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{An...: Heb. A man of Belial}

16:28

A froward
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man
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soweth
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strife
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and a whisperer
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separateth
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chief friends
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{soweth: Heb. sendeth forth}

16:29

A violent
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man
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enticeth
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his neighbour
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and leadeth
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him into the way
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[that is] not good
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16:30

He shutteth
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his eyes
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to devise
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froward things
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moving
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his lips
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he bringeth
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evil
<07451>

to pass
<03615> (8765)_.

16:31

The hoary head
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[is] a crown
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of glory
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[if] it be found
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in the way
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of righteousness
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16:32

[He that is] slow
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to anger
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[is] better
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than the mighty
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and he that ruleth
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his spirit
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than he that taketh
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a city
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16:33

The lot
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is cast
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into the lap
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but the whole disposing
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thereof [is] of the LORD
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