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Thursday, April 18th, 2024
the Third Week after Easter
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Passage Lookup: Proverbs 2:10-11; Proverbs 2:20; Proverbs 4:14-19; Proverbs 13:20; Proverbs 16:28; Proverbs 17:12; Proverbs 17:17; Proverbs 18:24; Proverbs 19:4; Proverbs 19:6-7; Proverbs 20:19; Proverbs 22:24-25; Proverbs 23:17-21; Proverbs 24:1-2

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Proverbs 2:10
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For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will be pleasant to your soul.
Proverbs 2:11
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Discretion will protect you, and understanding will guard you.
Proverbs 2:20
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Thus you will walk in the ways of good men and keep to the paths of the righteous.
Proverbs 4:14
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Do not set foot on the path of the wicked or walk in the way of evil men.
Proverbs 4:15
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Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way.
Proverbs 4:16
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For they cannot sleep till they do evil; they are robbed of slumber till they make someone fall.
Proverbs 4:17
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They eat the bread of wickedness and drink the wine of violence.
Proverbs 4:18
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The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.
Proverbs 4:19
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But the way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what makes them stumble.
Proverbs 13:20
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He who walks with the wise grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.
Proverbs 16:28
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A perverse man stirs up dissension, and a gossip separates close friends.
Proverbs 17:12
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Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
Proverbs 17:17
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A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
Proverbs 18:24
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24 A man of many companions may come to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

Proverbs 19:4
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Wealth brings many friends, but a poor man's friend deserts him.
Proverbs 19:6
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Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of a man who gives gifts.
Proverbs 19:7
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A poor man is shunned by all his relatives- how much more do his friends avoid him! Though he pursues them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found. (F34)
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Proverbs 20:19
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A gossip betrays a confidence; so avoid a man who talks too much.
Proverbs 22:24
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Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered,
Proverbs 22:25
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or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared.
Proverbs 23:17
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Do not let your heart envy sinners, but always be zealous for the fear of the LORD .
Proverbs 23:18
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There is surely a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off.
Proverbs 23:19
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Listen, my son, and be wise, and keep your heart on the right path.
Proverbs 23:20
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Do not join those who drink too much wine or gorge themselves on meat,
Proverbs 23:21
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for drunkards and gluttons become poor, and drowsiness clothes them in rags.
Proverbs 24:1
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Do not envy wicked men, do not desire their company;
Proverbs 24:2
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for their hearts plot violence, and their lips talk about making trouble.
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