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Proverbs 19:20-28 New International Version (NIV)

20. Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise.

21. Many are the plans in a person’s heart, but it is the Lord’s purpose that prevails.

22. What a person desires is unfailing love ; better to be poor than a liar.

23. The fear of the Lord leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by trouble.

24. A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth!

25. Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge.

26. Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace.

27. Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge.

28. A corrupt witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.