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Proverbs 22:24-29 Parallel Bible Translations
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| 24 | Thou shalt not be companion of the possessor of anger, and with the man of wrath thou shalt not go: | Make no friendship with a man given to anger, nor go with a wrathful man, | Do not make friends with a hot-tempered person, do not associate with one easily angered, | |
| 25 | Lest thou shalt learn his ways and take a snare to thy soul. | lest you learn his ways and entangle yourself in a snare. | or you may learn their ways and get yourself ensnared. | |
| 26 | Thou shalt not be with those striking the hand with those pledging for debts. | Be not one of those who give pledges, who put up security for debts. | Do not be one who shakes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts; | |
| 27 | If not to thee to requite, why shall he take thy bed from under thee? | If you have nothing with which to pay, why should your bed be taken from under you? | if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you. | |
| 28 | Thou shalt not remove the old bound which thy fathers made. | Do not move the ancient landmark that your fathers have set. | Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your ancestors. | |
| 29 | Sawest thou a man apt in his works? Before kings shall he stand; he shall not stand before the dark ones. | Do you see a man skillful in his work? He will stand before kings; he will not stand before obscure men. | Do you see someone skilled in their work? They will serve before kings; they will not serve before officials of low rank. | |
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