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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Wine causes mocking, and beer causes fights; everyone led astray by them lacks wisdom. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2A king's anger is like a lion's roar; anyone who angers him forfeits his life. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Avoiding strife brings a man honor, but every fool is quarrelsome. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4A lazy person doesn't plow in the proper season; he looks for a harvest, but there is nothing. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5The intentions of a person's heart are deep waters, but a discerning person reveals them. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Many claim "I'm a loyal person!" but who can find someone who truly is? |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7The righteous person lives a life of integrity; happy are his children who follow him! |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8A king sits on a throne of justice, sifting out all sorts of evil with his glance. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Who can say, "My intentions are pure; I am clean from any sin?" |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10FALSE weights and measures— the LORD surely detests both of them. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Even a child is known by his actions, whether his deeds are pure and right. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12The ear that hears and the eye that sees— the LORD surely made them both. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Do not love sleep or you'll become poor, keep your eyes open and you'll have plenty of food. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14"This is bad, bad," says whoever is buying— but then he brags as he walks away after the sale. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15There is an abundance of gold and precious stones, but lips of knowledge are a rare jewel. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Take the garment of anyone who puts up collateral for a stranger; hold it in pledge if he does it for an unfamiliar woman. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but later his mouth will be full of gravel. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Make plans by seeking advice; make war by obtaining guidance. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Whoever spreads gossip betrays confidences; so don't get involved with someone who talks too much. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the deepest darkness. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21An inheritance quickly obtained at the beginning will not be blessed at the end. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Don't say "I'll avenge that wrong!" Wait on the LORD and he will deliver you. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23The LORD detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not good. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24A man's steps are directed by the LORD; how then can anyone understand his own way? |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25It is a trap for a person to declare quickly, "This is sacred," and only later to have second thoughts about the vows. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26A wise king sifts the wicked, crushing them with the threshing wheel. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27A person's spirit is the lamp of the LORD; it searches throughout one's innermost being. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Gracious love and truth preserve a king; through love his throne is made secure. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29The glory of young men is their strength; and the splendor of elders is their gray hair. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30Blows that wound clean away evil; such beatings cleanse the innermost being. |
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