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1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Better a dry crust with peace than a house full of feasting with strife. |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share an inheritance among brothers. |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3A crucible for silver, and a smelter for gold, and the LORD is the tester of hearts. |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4A wicked person listens to malicious talk; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue. |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5The one who mocks the poor insults his Maker, and one who rejoices over calamity will not go unpunished. |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Grandchildren are the crown of the elderly, and the pride of sons is their fathers. |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool's lips; how much worse are lies for a ruler. |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8A bribe seems like a magic stone to its owner; wherever he turns, he succeeds. |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Whoever conceals an offense promotes love, but whoever gossips about it separates friends. |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person more than a hundred lashes into a fool. |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11An evil man seeks only rebellion; a cruel messenger will be sent against him. |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Better for a man to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his foolishness. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never depart from his house. |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14To start a conflict is to release a flood; stop the dispute before it breaks out. |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the just-- both are detestable to the LORD. |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Why does a fool have money in his hand with no intention of buying wisdom? |
17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a difficult time. |
18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18One without sense enters an agreement and puts up security for his friend. |
19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19One who loves to offend loves strife; one who builds a high threshold invites injury. |
20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20One with a twisted mind will not succeed, and one with deceitful speech will fall into ruin. |
21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21A man fathers a fool to his own sorrow; the father of a fool has no joy. |
22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22A joyful heart is good medicine, but a broken spirit dries up the bones. |
23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23A wicked man secretly takes a bribe to subvert the course of justice. |
24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive, but a fool's eyes roam to the ends of the earth. |
25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25A foolish son is grief to his father and bitterness to the one who bore him. |
26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26It is certainly not good to fine an innocent person or to beat a noble for his honesty. |
27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27The intelligent person restrains his words, and one who keeps a cool head is a man of understanding. |
28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Even a fool is considered wise when he keeps silent, discerning when he seals his lips. |
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