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The Book of Proverbs, Chapter 29, Verse 24

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23
A man's pride shall bring him low: but honour shall uphold the humble in spirit.
King James Version
Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul: he heareth cursing, and bewrayeth [it] not.
American Standard Version
Whoso is partner with a thief hateth his own soul; He heareth the adjuration and uttereth nothing.
New English Translation
Whoever shares with a thief is his own enemy; he hears the oath to testify, but does not talk.
World English Bible
Whoever is an accomplice of a thief is an enemy of his own soul. He takes an oath, but dares not testify.
25
The fear of man bringeth a snare: but whoso putteth his trust in the LORD shall be safe.
26
Many seek the ruler's favour; but [every] man's judgment [cometh] from the LORD.
27
An unjust man [is] an abomination to the just: and [he that is] upright in the way [is] abomination to the wicked.
1
The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, [even] the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
2
Surely I [am] more brutish than [any] man, and have not the understanding of a man.
3
I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
4
Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what [is] his name, and what [is] his son's name, if thou canst tell?
5
Every word of God [is] pure: he [is] a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
6
Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
7
Two [things] have I required of thee; deny me [them] not before I die: