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15 My son, if your heart is wise,
    then my heart will be glad.
16 Also my innermost being will rejoice
    when your lips utter what is right.
17 Do not allow your heart to envy sinners,
    but always be zealous for the fear of the Lord;[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 23:17 Fear of the Lord: see note on Prov 1:7. Future . . . hope: see Prov 24:14; Pss 9:19; 37:37; 73:24; Jer 29:11.