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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1A wise son heeds a father's correction, but a mocker does not listen to rebuke. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2From the fruit of his words a man receives benefit, but the treacherous crave violence. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Anyone who guards his words protects his life; anyone who talks too much is ruined. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4The lazy person craves, yet receives nothing, but the desires of the diligent are satisfied. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5A righteous person hates deceit, but the wicked person is shameful and disgraceful. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Righteousness protects the blameless, but wickedness brings down the sinner. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7One person pretends to be wealthy, but has nothing; another pretends to be poor, yet is rich. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8The life of a wealthy man may be held for ransom, but whoever is poor receives no threats. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9The light of the righteous shines, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Arrogance only brings quarreling, but those receiving advice are wise. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Wealth gained dishonestly dwindles away, but whoever works diligently increases his prosperity. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Delayed hope makes the heart ill, but fulfilled longing is a tree of life. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Anyone who despises a word of advice will pay for it, but whoever heeds a command will be rewarded. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14What the wise have to teach is a fountain of life and causes someone to avoid the snares of death. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Good understanding produces grace, but the lifestyle of the treacherous never changes. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Every sensible person acts from knowledge, but a fool demonstrates folly. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17An evil messenger stumbles into trouble, but a faithful envoy brings healing. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Poverty and shame are for those who ignore correction, but whoever listens to instruction gains honor. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Fulfilled longing is sweet to the soul, but avoiding evil is detestable to the fool. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Whoever keeps company with the wise becomes wise, but the companion of fools suffers harm. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Disaster pursues the sinful, but good will reward the righteous. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22A good person leaves an inheritance to his grandchildren, but the wealth of the wicked is reserved for the righteous. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23The field of the poor may produce much food, but it can be swept away through injustice. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Whoever does not discipline his son hates him, but whoever loves him is diligent to correct him. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25A righteous person eats to his heart's content, but the stomach of the wicked remains hungry. |
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