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Proverbs 11:16–18

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A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
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From verse 16

  1. Proverbs 31:30–31Rank 1 from verse 16
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    30Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised.

    31Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

  2. Luke 10:42Rank 2 from verse 16
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    42But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.

  3. Acts 16:14–15Rank 3 from verse 16
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    14¶ And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

    15And when she was baptized, and her household, she besought us, saying, If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord, come into my house, and abide there. And she constrained us.

  4. 1 Samuel 25:32–33Rank 4 from verse 16
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    32¶ And David said to Abigail, Blessed be the Lord God of Israel, which sent thee this day to meet me:

    33And blessed be thy advice, and blessed be thou, which hast kept me this day from coming to shed blood, and from avenging myself with mine own hand.

  5. Acts 9:39Rank 5 from verse 16
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    39Then Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber: and all the widows stood by him weeping, and shewing the coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.

  6. 2 John 1:1Rank 6 from verse 16
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    1THE elder unto the elect lady and her children, whom I love in the truth; and not I only, but also all they that have known the truth;

  7. 2 Samuel 20:16–22Rank 7 from verse 16
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    16¶ Then cried a wise woman out of the city, Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, that I may speak with thee.

    17And when he was come near unto her, the woman said, Art thou Joab? And he answered, I am he. Then she said unto him, Hear the words of thine handmaid. And he answered, I do hear.

    18Then she spake, saying, They were wont to speak in old time, saying, They shall surely ask counsel at Abel: and so they ended the matter.

    19I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the Lord?

    20And Joab answered and said, Far be it, far be it from me, that I should swallow up or destroy.

    21The matter is not so: but a man of mount Ephraim, Sheba the son of Bichri by name, hath lifted up his hand against the king, even against David: deliver him only, and I will depart from the city. And the woman said unto Joab, Behold, his head shall be thrown to thee over the wall.

    22Then the woman went unto all the people in her wisdom. And they cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and cast it out to Joab. And he blew a trumpet, and they retired from the city, every man to his tent. And Joab returned to Jerusalem unto the king.

  8. Esther 9:25Rank 8 from verse 16
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    25But when Esther came before the king, he commanded by letters that his wicked device, which he devised against the Jews, should return upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.

  9. Luke 11:21–22Rank 9 from verse 16
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    21When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace:

    22But when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils.

  10. Luke 8:3Rank 10 from verse 16
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    3And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.

  11. Matthew 26:13Rank 11 from verse 16
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    13Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.

  12. Romans 16:2–4Rank 12 from verse 16
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    2That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you: for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.

    3Greet Priscilla and Aquila my helpers in Christ Jesus:

    4Who have for my life laid down their own necks: unto whom not only I give thanks, but also all the churches of the Gentiles.

  13. Luke 21:2–4Rank 13 from verse 16
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    2And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in thither two mites.

    3And he said, Of a truth I say unto you, that this poor widow hath cast in more than they all:

    4For all these have of their abundance cast in unto the offerings of God: but she of her penury hath cast in all the living that she had.

  14. Romans 16:6Rank 14 from verse 16
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    6Greet Mary, who bestowed much labour on us.

From verse 17

  1. Matthew 5:7Rank 1 from verse 17
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    7Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

  2. James 2:13Rank 2 from verse 17
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    13For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

  3. Matthew 25:34–40Rank 3 from verse 17
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    34Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

    35For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

    36Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

    37Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

    38When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

    39Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

    40And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me.

  4. 2 Corinthians 9:6–14Rank 4 from verse 17
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    6But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully.

    7Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give; not grudgingly, or of necessity: for God loveth a cheerful giver.

    8And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

    9(As it is written, He hath dispersed abroad; he hath given to the poor: his righteousness remaineth for ever.

    10Now he that ministereth seed to the sower both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness;)

    11Being enriched in every thing to all bountifulness, which causeth through us thanksgiving to God.

    12For the administration of this service not only supplieth the want of the saints, but is abundant also by many thanksgivings unto God;

    13Whiles by the experiment of this ministration they glorify God for your professed subjection unto the gospel of Christ, and for your liberal distribution unto them, and unto all men;

    14And by their prayer for you, which long after you for the exceeding grace of God in you.

  5. Daniel 4:27Rank 5 from verse 17
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    27Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.

  6. James 5:1–5Rank 6 from verse 17
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    1GO to now, ye rich men, weep and howl for your miseries that shall come upon you.

    2Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are motheaten.

    3Your gold and silver is cankered; and the rust of them shall be a witness against you, and shall eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye have heaped treasure together for the last days.

    4Behold, the hire of the labourers who have reaped down your fields, which is of you kept back by fraud, crieth: and the cries of them which have reaped are entered into the ears of the Lord of sabaoth.

    5Ye have lived in pleasure on the earth, and been wanton; ye have nourished your hearts, as in a day of slaughter.

  7. Matthew 6:14–15Rank 7 from verse 17
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    14For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you:

    15But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

  8. Philippians 4:17Rank 8 from verse 17
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    17Not because I desire a gift: but I desire fruit that may abound to your account.

  9. Psalms 41:1–4Rank 9 from verse 17
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    1BLESSED is he that considereth the poor: the Lord will deliver him in time of trouble.

    2The Lord will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth: and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies.

    3The Lord will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness.

    4I said, Lord, be merciful unto me: heal my soul; for I have sinned against thee.

  10. Ecclesiastes 4:8Rank 10 from verse 17
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    8There is one alone, and there is not a second; yea, he hath neither child nor brother: yet is there no end of all his labour; neither is his eye satisfied with riches; neither saith he, For whom do I labour, and bereave my soul of good? This is also vanity, yea, it is a sore travail.

  11. Isaiah 32:7–8Rank 11 from verse 17
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    7The instruments also of the churl are evil: he deviseth wicked devices to destroy the poor with lying words, even when the needy speaketh right.

    8But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.

  12. Isaiah 57:1Rank 12 from verse 17
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    1THE righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come.

  13. Isaiah 58:7–12Rank 13 from verse 17
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    7Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh?

    8¶ Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily: and thy righteousness shall go before thee; the glory of the Lord shall be thy rereward.

    9Then shalt thou call, and the Lord shall answer; thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity;

    10And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noonday:

    11And the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.

    12And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.

  14. Job 20:19–23Rank 14 from verse 17
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    19Because he hath oppressed and hath forsaken the poor; because he hath violently taken away an house which he builded not;

    20Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

    21There shall none of his meat be left; therefore shall no man look for his goods.

    22In the fulness of his sufficiency he shall be in straits: every hand of the wicked shall come upon him.

    23When he is about to fill his belly, God shall cast the fury of his wrath upon him, and shall rain it upon him while he is eating.

  15. Luke 6:38Rank 15 from verse 17
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    38Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.

  16. Proverbs 15:27Rank 16 from verse 17
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    27He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.

  17. Psalms 112:4–9Rank 17 from verse 17
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    4Unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness: he is gracious, and full of compassion, and righteous.

    5A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion.

    6Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance.

    7He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the Lord.

    8His heart is established, he shall not be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies.

    9He hath dispersed, he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever; his horn shall be exalted with honour.

From verse 18

  1. Galatians 6:8–9Rank 1 from verse 18
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    8For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.

    9And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

  2. Ecclesiastes 10:8Rank 2 from verse 18
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    8He that diggeth a pit shall fall into it; and whoso breaketh an hedge, a serpent shall bite him.

  3. Hosea 10:12–13Rank 3 from verse 18
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    12Sow to yourselves in righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your fallow ground: for it is time to seek the Lord, till he come and rain righteousness upon you.

    13Ye have plowed wickedness, ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty men.

  4. James 3:18Rank 4 from verse 18
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    18And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace of them that make peace.

  5. Proverbs 22:8Rank 5 from verse 18
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    8He that soweth iniquity shall reap vanity: and the rod of his anger shall fail.

  6. Psalms 126:5–6Rank 6 from verse 18
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    5They that sow in tears shall reap in joy.

    6He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

  7. Proverbs 1:18Rank 7 from verse 18
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    18And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.

  8. Proverbs 5:22Rank 8 from verse 18
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    22¶ His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins.

  9. Isaiah 59:5–8Rank 9 from verse 18
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    5They hatch cockatrice’ eggs, and weave the spider’s web: he that eateth of their eggs dieth, and that which is crushed breaketh out into a viper.

    6Their webs shall not become garments, neither shall they cover themselves with their works: their works are works of iniquity, and the act of violence is in their hands.

    7Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood: their thoughts are thoughts of iniquity; wasting and destruction are in their paths.

    8The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

  10. Job 27:13–23Rank 10 from verse 18
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    13This is the portion of a wicked man with God, and the heritage of oppressors, which they shall receive of the Almighty.

    14If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.

    15Those that remain of him shall be buried in death: and his widows shall not weep.

    16Though he heap up silver as the dust, and prepare raiment as the clay;

    17He may prepare it, but the just shall put it on, and the innocent shall divide the silver.

    18He buildeth his house as a moth, and as a booth that the keeper maketh.

    19The rich man shall lie down, but he shall not be gathered: he openeth his eyes, and he is not.

    20Terrors take hold on him as waters, a tempest stealeth him away in the night.

    21The east wind carrieth him away, and he departeth: and as a storm hurleth him out of his place.

    22For God shall cast upon him, and not spare: he would fain flee out of his hand.

    23Men shall clap their hands at him, and shall hiss him out of his place.

  11. Ephesians 4:22Rank 11 from verse 18
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    22That ye put off concerning the former conversation the old man, which is corrupt according to the deceitful lusts;

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Proverbs 11:16

COMBINED MEANING

gracious

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Showing favour, mercy, compassion, kindness, patience, or goodness; pleasant, acceptable, or benevolent in word or action.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893

COMBINED MEANING

retaineth

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Third-person singular present form of retain (to hold or keep in possession; not to lose or part with or dismiss).

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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honour

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Sense 1: Esteem, respect, dignity, glory, distinction, or exalted standing. Sense 2: To esteem, respect, acknowledge, reward, or adorn.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

strong

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Having great power, might, firmness, courage, capacity, influence, defence, health, intensity, or ability to act, endure, resist, overcome, or support.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

retain

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To hold or keep in possession; not to lose or part with or dismiss.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

DEFINED WORDS

Proverbs 11:17

COMBINED MEANING

man

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1. A human being or person. 2. Mankind collectively. 3. A male person.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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good

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Sense 1: Right, morally upright, beneficial, pleasing, useful, suitable, sound, favourable, or excellent. Sense 2: A good thing, benefit, welfare, possession, or goods. Sense 3: In ‘make good,’ to repair, repay, fulfil, establish, or prove.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

soul

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Sense 1: A living person or creature; a life or self. Sense 2: The inward self distinguished from the body. Sense 3: The seat of desire or appetite.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

cruel

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Disposed to inflict pain or suffering; without pity or compassion; fierce or severe.

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flesh

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Sense 1: The soft substance of the body. Sense 2: The body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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Proverbs 11:18

COMBINED MEANING

worketh

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Third-person singular present form of work, meaning to labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

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COMBINED MEANING

work

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Sense 1: Labour, occupation, an assigned task, or service. Sense 2: An action, deed, operation, effect, product, thing made, or manner of workmanship. Sense 3: To labour, act, operate, perform, make, produce, accomplish, or bring about.

Meaning drawn from: Direct Scripture definition · KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

but

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Sense 1: However; marking contrast or qualification. Sense 2: Except or unless; excluding all others or alternatives. Sense 3: Only; no more than what follows.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Skeat 1893 · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

soweth

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Sense 1: Third-person singular present form of sow, meaning to scatter or plant seed. Sense 2: Figuratively, to spread what will produce a result.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

COMBINED MEANING

shall

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An auxiliary verb expressing future action, intention, promise, command, requirement, or determination.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references · Webster 1828

COMBINED MEANING

reward

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Sense 1: A benefit, payment, honour, punishment, or recompense given or received. Sense 2: As a verb, to give such a return.

Meaning drawn from: KJV context and cross-references

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11:15He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it: and he that hateth suretiship is sure.

11:16A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

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11:17The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

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11:18The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.

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11:19As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

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