[Note: The material in this chapter is 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) 14 🔼
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📖 📄 📘 15 Tiānzhēn (Tiān·zhēn {(of) heaven → [natural]} · {(following) natural instincts} → [naive] 天真) wúzhī (wú·zhī without · {knowing → [knowledge]} → [ignorant] 无知 無知) de (’s 的) rén (person 人), fán (every 凡 凡/凢) huà (word 话 話) dōu ({every one} 都) xìn (believes 信);
Jīngmíng (Jīng·míng shrewd · {bright → [understanding]} → [shrewd] 精明) shěnshèn (shěn·shèn {examining → [careful]} · cautious 审慎 審慎) de (’ 的) rén (person 人), bùbù (bù·bù step · step → [at every step] 步步) liúxīn (liú·xīn {makes to stay} · {heart} → [is careful] 留心).
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📖 📄 📘 23 Gèzhǒng (Gè·zhǒng each · {kind of} 各种 各種) xīnkǔ (xīn·kǔ {hot in taste} · bitter → [hard] 辛苦) de (’s 的) gōngzuò (gōng·zuò work · doing 工作) dōu ({each one} 都) yǒu (has 有) yìchu (yì·chu beneficial · place → [benefit] 益处 益處),
Dàn (but 但) kōngtán (kōng·tán emptily · talking 空谈 空談) bú (not 不) zuò (doing 做) jiù (then 就) huì (will 会 會) dǎozhì (dǎo·zhì lead · {to extend to} 导致 導致) qióngfá (qióng·fá {being poor} · {being lacking} 穷乏 窮乏).
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📖 📄 📘 30 Xīnli píngjìng shì (is 是) ròutǐ de (’s 的) shēngmìng,
Jídù néng shǐ rén de (’s 的) gǔtou fǔlàn ({to rot} 腐烂 腐爛).
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