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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1The king’s heart is a waterway in the hand of the LORD; He directs it where He pleases. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2All a man’s ways seem right to him, but the LORD weighs the heart. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Haughty eyes and a proud heart—the guides of the wicked—are sin. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5The plans of the diligent bring plenty, as surely as haste leads to poverty. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Making a fortune by a lying tongue is a vanishing mist, a deadly pursuit. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8The way of a guilty man is crooked, but the conduct of the innocent is upright. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Better to live on a corner of the roof than to share a house with a quarrelsome wife. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10The soul of the wicked man craves evil; his neighbor finds no favor in his eyes. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Whoever shuts his ears to the cry of the poor, he too shall cry out and receive no answer. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16The man who strays from the path of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17He who loves pleasure will become poor; the one who loves wine and oil will never be rich. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Better to live in the desert than with a contentious and ill-tempered wife. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Precious treasures and oil are in the dwelling of the wise, but a foolish man consumes them. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21He who pursues righteousness and loving devotion finds life, righteousness, and honor. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22A wise man scales the city of the mighty and pulls down the stronghold in which they trust. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23He who guards his mouth and tongue keeps his soul from distress. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Mocker is the name of the proud and arrogant man—of him who acts with excessive pride. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25The craving of the slacker kills him because his hands refuse to work. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26All day long he covets more, but the righteous give without restraint. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable—how much more so when brought with ill intent! |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28A lying witness will perish, but the man who listens to truth will speak forever. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright man makes his way sure. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30There is no wisdom, no understanding, no counsel that can prevail against the LORD. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31A horse is prepared for the day of battle, but victory is of the LORD. |
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