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Proverbs 19:27-29
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Proverbs 19:27-29
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
27 My child, stop ignoring instruction,
straying[a] from words of knowledge.
28 A worthless witness mocks at justice,
and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.(A)
29 Punishments are prepared for scoffers
and flogging for the backs of fools.(B)
Footnotes
- 19.27 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
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