[Note: The material in this chapter with a grey background has not yet been fully proofread, and may be based on the older 2007 printing (bi12) of the Mandarin NWT Bible. It will be updated as time allows.]

### 📖 📄 📘 Zhēnyán (Zhēn·yán Admonishing · Sayings → [Proverbs] 箴言) 17 🔼
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📖 📄 📘 3 Guō kě róng yín, lú néng huà jīn,
Yēhéhuá (Jehovah 耶和华 耶和華) què cháyàn rénxīn.
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📖 📄 📘 9 Zhēyǎn biéren (bié·ren another · person’s 别人 別人) guòfàn de ({’s (person)} 的), zhuīqiú (zhuī·qiú pursues · seeks 追求) àixīn (ài·xīn loving · heart 爱心 愛心);
Lǚcì (Lǚ·cì repeated · times 屡次 屢次) tánlùn ({talks about} 谈论 談論) guòshī de ({’s (person)} 的), líjiàn mìyǒu.
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📖 📄 📘 17 Zhēn (true 真) péngyou (friend 朋友) shíkè (shí·kè {(every) (particular) time} · {(every) carving → [(every) moment]} 时刻 時刻) xiǎnchū (xiǎn·chū shows · out 显出 顯出) àixīn (ài·xīn loving · heart → [love] 爱心 愛心),
Xiàng (like 像/象) xiōngdì (xiōng·dì {elder brother} · {younger brother} → [brother] 兄弟) wèi (for 为 為/爲) gòng (sharing 共) huànnàn (huàn·nàn troubles · calamities → [tribulations] 患难 患難) ér (thus 而) shēng ({is given birth to} 生).
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📖 📄 📘 22 Xǐlè (Xǐ·lè happy · joyful → [joyful] 喜乐 喜樂) de (’s 的) xīn (heart 心) shì (is 是) zhìbìng (zhì·bìng {manages → [treats]} · sickness 治病) de (’ 的) liángyào (liáng·yào good · medicine 良药 良藥),
Xīnsuì (Xīn·suì heart · {being broken (to pieces)} → [being heartbroken] 心碎) shénshāng (shén·shāng spirit · {being wounded} → [being dispirited] 神伤 神傷) hàojìn (hào·jìn consumes · {to be exhausted} 耗尽 耗盡) rén (person 人) de (’s 的) jīnglì (jīng·lì energy · strength → [energy] 精力).
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