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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Wealth maketh many friends; but the poor is separated from his neighbour. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Many will intreat the favour of the prince: and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7All the brethren of the poor do hate him: how much more do his friends go far from him? he pursueth them with words, yet they are wanting to him. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul: he that keepeth understanding shall find good. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall perish. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Delight is not seemly for a fool; much less for a servant to have rule over princes. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11The discretion of a man deferreth his anger; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13A foolish son is the calamity of his father: and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14House and riches are the inheritance of fathers: and a prudent wife is from the LORD. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep; and an idle soul shall suffer hunger. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his own soul; but he that despiseth his ways shall die. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Chasten thy son while there is hope, and let not thy soul spare for his crying. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment: for if thou deliver him, yet thou must do it again. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22The desire of a man is his kindness: and a poor man is better than a liar. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23The fear of the LORD tendeth to life: and he that hath it shall abide satisfied; he shall not be visited with evil. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24A slothful man hideth his hand in his bosom, and will not so much as bring it to his mouth again. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26He that wasteth his father, and chaseth away his mother, is a son that causeth shame, and bringeth reproach. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28An ungodly witness scorneth judgment: and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools. |
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