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22 Plans go wrong when there is no counsel,
    but with many advisors it will succeed.
23 Joy belongs to a man with answers in his mouth,
    and a word in its time, how good it is!
24 The path of life leads upward for him who has insight,
    in order to turn away from Sheol below.

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22 Plans fail for lack of counsel,(A)
    but with many advisers(B) they succeed.(C)

23 A person finds joy in giving an apt reply(D)
    and how good is a timely word!(E)

24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent
    to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.

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