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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity than one who is crooked in speech and is a fool. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Desire without knowledge is not good, and whoever makes haste with his feet misses his way. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3When a man’s folly brings his way to ruin, his heart rages against the LORD. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Wealth brings many new friends, but a poor man is deserted by his friend. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will not escape. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Many seek the favor of a generous man, and everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7All a poor man’s brothers hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He pursues them with words, but does not have them. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who breathes out lies will perish. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury, much less for a slave to rule over princes. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Good sense makes one slow to anger, and it is his glory to overlook an offense. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12A king’s wrath is like the growling of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13A foolish son is ruin to his father, and a wife’s quarreling is a continual dripping of rain. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14House and wealth are inherited from fathers, but a prudent wife is from the LORD. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Slothfulness casts into a deep sleep, and an idle person will suffer hunger. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Whoever keeps the commandment keeps his life; he who despises his ways will die. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will repay him for his deed. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19A man of great wrath will pay the penalty, for if you deliver him, you will only have to do it again. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Listen to advice and accept instruction, that you may gain wisdom in the future. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Many are the plans in the mind of a man, but it is the purpose of the LORD that will stand. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22What is desired in a man is steadfast love, and a poor man is better than a liar. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23The fear of the LORD leads to life, and whoever has it rests satisfied; he will not be visited by harm. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24The sluggard buries his hand in the dish and will not even bring it back to his mouth. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence; reprove a man of understanding, and he will gain knowledge. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26He who does violence to his father and chases away his mother is a son who brings shame and reproach. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Cease to hear instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28A worthless witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Condemnation is ready for scoffers, and beating for the backs of fools. |
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