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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Do not envy wicked men or desire their company; |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2for their hearts devise violence, and their lips declare trouble. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3By wisdom a house is built and by understanding it is established; |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4through knowledge its rooms are filled with every precious and beautiful treasure. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5A wise man is strong, and a man of knowledge enhances his strength. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Only with sound guidance should you wage war, and victory lies in a multitude of counselors. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Wisdom is too high for a fool; he does not open his mouth in the meeting place. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8He who plots evil will be called a schemer. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9A foolish scheme is sin, and a mocker is detestable to men. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength! |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Rescue those being led away to death, and restrain those stumbling toward the slaughter. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds? |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Eat honey, my son, for it is good, and the honeycomb is sweet to your taste. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Know therefore that wisdom is sweet to your soul. If you find it, there is a future for you, and your hope will never be cut off. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Do not lie in wait, O wicked man, near the dwelling of the righteous; do not destroy his resting place. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16For though a righteous man may fall seven times, he still gets up; but the wicked stumble in bad times. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles, |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Do not fret over evildoers, and do not be envious of the wicked. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not associate with the rebellious. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22For they will bring sudden destruction. Who knows what ruin they can bring? |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Whoever tells the guilty, “You are innocent”—peoples will curse him, and nations will denounce him; |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25but it will go well with those who convict the guilty, and rich blessing will come upon them. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Complete your outdoor work and prepare your field; after that, you may build your house. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Do not testify against your neighbor without cause, and do not deceive with your lips. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.” |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30I went past the field of a slacker and by the vineyard of a man lacking judgment. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31Thorns had grown up everywhere, thistles had covered the ground, and the stone wall was broken down. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32I observed and took it to heart; I looked and received instruction: |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest, |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34and poverty will come upon you like a robber, and need like a bandit. |
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