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Proverbs 29:1

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 483

    The Watchtower,

    5/1/1975, p. 267

    5/15/1974, p. 300

    1/15/1972, p. 40

  • Publications Index

    it-2 483;

    w75 267; w74 300; w72 40

Proverbs 29:2

Footnotes

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    29:2 Var. rogues rule

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    3/22/1980, pp. 3-4

    The Watchtower,

    12/1/1962, pp. 707-708

    7/15/1956, pp. 436-438

  • Publications Index

    g80 3/22 3-4; w62 707; g58 9/8 24; w56 437; w42 188; wl 103; w41 227; ci 345; wh 11, 20

Proverbs 29:3

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 701

    The Watchtower,

    11/15/2006, p. 23

  • Publications Index

    it-2 701; w06 11/15 23;

    ad 1351

Proverbs 29:4

Footnotes

  • *

    29:4 Or by justice

Proverbs 29:5

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 839

  • Publications Index

    it-1 839;

    ad 586; w39 347

Proverbs 29:6

Footnotes

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    29:6 Var. In the commission of an offense a bad man is entrapped Conj. In any step that a bad man takes there is a trap

  • *

    29:6 Conj. an honest man runs merrily on

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    11/1/1982, pp. 15-16

  • Publications Index

    w82 11/1 15-16

Proverbs 29:8

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/1987, p. 30

  • Publications Index

    w87 5/15 30

Proverbs 29:9

Footnotes

  • *

    29:9 Lit. and there is no rest

Proverbs 29:10

Footnotes

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    29:10 Codd. and upright men hunt for Conj. and upright men look out for

Proverbs 29:11

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    2/8/2002, p. 24

    4/22/1987, p. 24

    5/8/1980, p. 24

    Family Happiness, pp. 149-150

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1990, p. 21

    6/1/1963, pp. 323-324

    6/15/1962, pp. 355-356

    1/1/1961, pp. 15-17

  • Publications Index

    g02 2/8 24; fy 149-150; w90 9/15 21; g87 4/22 24;

    g80 5/8 24; g64 6/8 3; w63 323; w62 356; w61 16; yb61 26; g50 1/8 25; w44 244

Proverbs 29:12

Indexes

  • Publications Index

    w48 135

Proverbs 29:15

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 2, p. 818

    Close to Jehovah, pp. 100-101

    Satisfying Life, p. 5

    Book for All, p. 24

    Awake!,

    8/8/1997, p. 10

    6/22/1978, p. 3

    The Watchtower,

    8/1/1988, pp. 11-12

    10/1/1987, p. 16

    11/1/1986, pp. 22-23

    4/1/1979, p. 4

    8/1/1978, p. 29

    2/1/1974, pp. 81-82

    9/15/1973, p. 557

    6/15/1972, p. 359

    3/1/1964, pp. 137-139

    7/1/1960, pp. 405-407

  • Publications Index

    it-2 818; cl 100-101; la 5; ba 24; g97 8/8 10; w88 8/1 11-12; w87 10/1 16; w86 11/1 22-23;

    w79 4/1 4; w78 8/1 29; fl 135; g78 6/22 3; w74 82; w73 557; w72 359; g65 1/8 8; w64 138; g63 5/22 19; g63 6/22 7; g63 9/8 4; g62 3/8 7; w60 406; w49 28; w46 280

Proverbs 29:17

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    4/8/1981, pp. 10-11

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1973, pp. 556-557

    5/1/1972, p. 270

    3/1/1964, pp. 137-139

    2/1/1960, pp. 80-81

  • Publications Index

    g81 4/8 10-11; fl 133; w73 556-557; w72 270; w64 138; g61 7/22 6; w60 80

Proverbs 29:18

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    2/15/1975, p. 114

    11/1/1953, pp. 666-668

    Awake!,

    1/8/1975, p. 6

    10/8/1973, pp. 15-16

  • Publications Index

    w75 114; g75 1/8 6; g73 10/8 15-16; w53 667; w42 75; wh 11; w34 8

Proverbs 29:19

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Awake!,

    4/22/1974, p. 15

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1973, pp. 556-557

  • Publications Index

    fl 143; g74 4/22 15; w73 556-557

Proverbs 29:20

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    2/15/1974, p. 104

    8/15/1973, p. 504

  • Publications Index

    cj 108; w74 104; w73 504; g62 11/8 4

Proverbs 29:21

Footnotes

  • *

    29:21 (troublemaker) Unc.

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Family Happiness, p. 72

    Awake!,

    12/22/1995, p. 7

    2/8/1987, p. 20

    2/8/1983, p. 10

    The Watchtower,

    5/1/1972, p. 270

    1/15/1954, pp. 54-55

  • Publications Index

    fy 72; g95 12/22 7; g87 2/8 20;

    g83 2/8 10; w72 270; w54 54

Proverbs 29:22

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    The Watchtower,

    9/15/1990, p. 22

    2/1/1960, pp. 72-73

    Awake!,

    5/8/1980, p. 24

  • Publications Index

    w90 9/15 22;

    g80 5/8 24; w60 73

Proverbs 29:23

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 1161

    The Watchtower,

    5/15/1987, p. 30

    3/1/1961, pp. 157-159

  • Publications Index

    it-1 1161; w87 5/15 30;

    w61 158; w44 245

Proverbs 29:25

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Enjoy Life Forever!, lesson 47

    The Watchtower,

    1/15/1998, p. 15

    6/1/1989, pp. 4-5

    1/1/1989, p. 30

    7/15/1985, p. 17

    9/15/1979, pp. 29-30

    4/1/1974, p. 203

    8/1/1972, pp. 474-475

    8/15/1964, pp. 485-486

    4/1/1962, pp. 202-204

    1/15/1962, pp. 46-48, 57-58

    10/1/1961, pp. 586-588

    9/1/1951, p. 520

    Awake!,

    9/22/1982, p. 19

    11/8/1973, pp. 7, 28

    ‘Know Jehovah’, pp. 77-79

  • Publications Index

    lff lessons 47, 59; w98 1/15 15; w89 1/1 30; w89 6/1 4-5; yp 79-80;

    w85 7/15 17; g82 9/22 19; w79 9/15 30; w74 203; g73 11/8 7, 28; w72 474-475; kj 78; w64 485; bf 439; w62 47, 58, 203; g62 8/22 6; w61 587; nh 217; w51 520; w48 141; ci 273; w40 51; rg 45; w39 342; w37 165, 215, 299

Proverbs 29:26

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 801

  • Publications Index

    it-1 801

Proverbs 29:27

Indexes

  • Research Guide

    Insight, Volume 1, p. 617

  • Publications Index

    it-1 617

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The Bible in Living English
Proverbs 29:1-27

Proverbs

29 A man who keeps getting reproofs and stiffens his neck

will be incurably broken all at once.

2* When honest men are plentiful, the people makes merry;

but when a rogue rules, a people moans.

3 A man who loves wisdom gladdens his father,

but one who frequents prostitutes dissipates a property.

4* A king keeps a country standing by legality,

but a levier of special taxes wrecks it.

5 A man who talks smoothly to another

is spreading a net for his feet.

6** In the crime of a bad man there is a trap,

while an honest man is jubilant and merry.

7 An honest man knows poor men’s claims;

a wrong-doer cannot see the point.

8 Men of cynical talk inflame a town,

but wise men turn anger backward.

9* A wise man has a case in court with an ignorant man

and he gets excited and laughs and nobody gets any rest.

10* Cutthroats hate a steady man

and wrong-doers hunt for his life.

11 A fool lets out all his temper,

but a wise man calms it by delay.

12 A ruler who is willing to listen to false talk

has rogues for all his ministers.

13 A poor man and an extortioner meet—

it is Jehovah who puts the light into the eyes of both.

14 A king who gives true judgment for poor men

shall have his throne firm forevermore.

15 Cudgel and reproof give wisdom;

but a boy running loose brings shame on his mother.

16 When wrong-doers are many, crimes are many;

but honest men will look on at their fall.

17 Discipline your son, and he will be a rest to you

and give you luxury.

18 Where there is no vision a people runs wild;

but happy is one who keeps to sound doctrine.

19 A slave is not disciplined by talk;

when he does understand, there is no result.

20 If you see a man in a hurry to speak

there is more hope for a fool than for him.

21* One who pampers his slave from childhood

will have him turn out a troublemaker.

22 A peppery man starts quarrels,

and a hot-tempered man will have many misdeeds.

23 A man’s pride brings him low,

but one lowly of spirit will hold honor.

24 One who shares plunder with a thief hates his own life;

he will hear an imprecation and not tell.

25 Fearfulness of man lays a snare;

but one who is confident in Jehovah is out of reach of harm.

26 Many seek a ruler’s presence,

but a man’s rights are from Jehovah.

27 A man of foul play is an abomination to honest people,

and one who takes a straightforward course is an abomination to

a rogue.

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