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The translation used here, who holds it, and how it is licensed.

The translation

Scripture quotations on the Proverbs pages are taken from the New King James Version® (NKJV®).

New King James Version®, Copyright © 1982, Thomas Nelson. All rights reserved. Website: harpercollins.com

The NKJV text may not be quoted in any publication made available to the public by a Creative Commons licence, and may not be translated into any other language.

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What this site does not do with it

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The commentary is ours

All commentary, headings, unit titles, and explanation on these pages are original work, Copyright © 2026 Grace Answers, and are not part of the NKJV licence. The two are kept in separate fields deliberately: if the scripture licence ever ends, the verse text comes down and every word of the teaching remains.

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