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Proverbs 19:20-22
English Standard Version Anglicised

20 Listen to advice and accept instruction,
    that you may gain wisdom in (A)the future.
21 (B)Many are the plans in the mind of a man,
    but (C)it is the purpose of the Lord (D)that will stand.
22 What is desired in a man is steadfast love,
    and a poor man is better than a liar.

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Proverbs 19:20-22
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20 Listen to advice and accept discipline,(A)
    and at the end you will be counted among the wise.(B)

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

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

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  1. Proverbs 19:22 Or Greed is a person’s shame
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