Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Proverbs 5:2
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Berean Standard Bible
that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
King James Version
That thou mayest regard discretion, and [that] thy lips may keep knowledge.
World English Bible
that you may maintain discretion, that your lips may preserve knowledge.
American Standard Version
That thou mayest preserve discretion, And that thy lips may keep knowledge.
Berean Literal Bible
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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB
Proverbs 5
1 My son, pay attention to my wisdom; incline your ear to my insight,
2 that you may maintain discretion and your lips may preserve knowledge.
3 Though the lips of the forbidden woman drip honey and her speech is smoother than oil,
4 in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a double-edged sword.
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