Proverbs 16:15-33
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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How much better
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wisdom
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than gold
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understanding
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than silver
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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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Better
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[it is to be] of an humble
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spirit
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the spoil
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with the proud
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He that handleth a matter
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good
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in the LORD
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happy
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[is] he. {handleth...: or, understandeth a matter}<0835>
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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The heart
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of the wise
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his mouth
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learning
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to his lips
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{teacheth: Heb. maketh wise}<08193>_.
Pleasant
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words
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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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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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He
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that laboureth
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for himself; for his mouth
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it of him. {He...: Heb. The soul of him that} {craveth...: Heb. boweth unto him}<06310>
An ungodly
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man
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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}<0784>_.
A froward
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man
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strife
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and a whisperer
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chief friends
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{soweth: Heb. sendeth forth}<0441>_.
A violent
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man
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his neighbour
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him into the way
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[that is] not good
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The hoary head
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[is] a crown
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of glory
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in the way
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of righteousness
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