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22 Plans fail without good advice,
but they succeed with the advice of many others.

23 People enjoy giving ·good advice [L a right reply].
Saying the right word at the right time is so pleasing.

24 ·Wise [Insightful] people’s ·lives [L way] ·get better and better [move upward].
They ·avoid whatever would cause their death [L turn aside from Sheol/the grave below].

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22 Plans fail for lack of counsel,(A)
    but with many advisers(B) they succeed.(C)

23 A person finds joy in giving an apt reply(D)
    and how good is a timely word!(E)

24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent
    to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.

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