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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1A wise son heeds his father’s discipline, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2From the fruit of his lips a man enjoys good things, but the desire of the faithless is violence. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3He who guards his mouth protects his life, but the one who opens his lips invites his own ruin. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4The slacker craves yet has nothing, but the soul of the diligent is fully satisfied. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5The righteous hate falsehood, but the wicked bring shame and disgrace. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7One pretends to be rich, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Riches may ransom a man’s life, but a poor man hears no threat. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Arrogance leads only to strife, but wisdom is with the well-advised. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Dishonest wealth will dwindle, but what is earned through hard work will be multiplied. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, but desire fulfilled is a tree of life. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13He who despises instruction will pay the penalty, but the one who respects a command will be rewarded. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning one from the snares of death. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Good understanding wins favor, but the way of the faithless is difficult. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17A wicked messenger falls into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Poverty and shame come to him who ignores discipline, but whoever heeds correction is honored. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but turning from evil is detestable to fools. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Disaster pursues sinners, but prosperity is the reward of the righteous. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children, but the sinner’s wealth is passed to the righteous. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, but without justice it is swept away. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24He who spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him disciplines him diligently. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty. |
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