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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Be not envious of evil men, nor desire to be with them, |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2for their hearts devise violence, and their lips talk of 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] | 4by knowledge the rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5A wise man is full of strength, and a man of knowledge enhances his might, |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6for by wise guidance you can wage your war, and in abundance of counselors there is victory. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Wisdom is too high for a fool; in the gate he does not open his mouth. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Whoever plans to do evil will be called a schemer. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9The devising of folly is sin, and the scoffer is an abomination to mankind. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10If you faint in the day of adversity, your strength is small. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Rescue those who are being taken away to death; hold back those who are stumbling to the slaughter. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,” does not he who weighs the heart perceive it? Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it, and will he not repay man according to his work? |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13My son, eat honey, for it is good, and the drippings of the honeycomb are sweet to your taste. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Know that wisdom is such to your soul; if you find it, there will be a future, and your hope will not be cut off. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Lie not in wait as a wicked man against the dwelling of the righteous; do no violence to his home; |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16for the righteous falls seven times and rises again, but the wicked stumble in times of calamity. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and let not your heart be glad when he stumbles, |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18lest the LORD see it and be displeased, and turn away his anger from him. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Fret not yourself because of evildoers, and be not 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 put out. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21My son, fear the LORD and the king, and do not join with those who do otherwise, |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22for disaster will arise suddenly from them, and who knows the ruin that will come from them both? |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23These also are sayings of the wise. Partiality in judging is not good. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Whoever says to the wicked, “You are in the right,” will be cursed by peoples, abhorred by nations, |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25but those who rebuke the wicked will have delight, and a good blessing will come upon them. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Whoever gives an honest answer kisses the lips. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Prepare your work outside; get everything ready for yourself in the field, and after that build your house. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Be not a witness 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 pay the man back for what he has done.” |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30I passed by the field of a sluggard, by the vineyard of a man lacking sense, |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31and behold, it was all overgrown with thorns; the ground was covered with nettles, and its stone wall was broken down. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32Then I saw and considered it; 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 want like an armed man. |
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