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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1A king's heart is a water stream that the LORD controls; he directs it wherever he pleases. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Every man's lifestyle is proper in his own view, but the LORD weighs the heart. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4A proud attitude, accompanied by a haughty look, is sin; they reveal wicked people. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Plans of the persistent surely lead to productivity, but all who are hasty will surely become poor. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6A fortune gained by deceit is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Devastation caused by the wicked will drag them away because they refuse to do what is just. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8The conduct of a guilty man is perverse, but the behavior of the pure is upright. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9It's better to live in a corner on the roof than to share a house with a contentious woman. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10The soul of the wicked craves evil; he extends no mercy to his neighbor. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11When a mocker is punished, the fool gains wisdom; but when the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12The righteous God considers the house of the wicked, bringing the wicked to ruin. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Whoever refuses to hear the cry of the poor will also cry himself, but he won't be answered. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Privately given gifts pacify wrath, and payments made secretly appease great anger. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Administering justice brings joy to the righteous, but terror to those who practice iniquity. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Whoever wanders from the path of understanding will end up where the dead are gathered. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Pleasure lovers become poor; loving wine and oil doesn't bring riches. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18The wicked are ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19It's better to live in the wilderness than to live with a contentious and irritable woman. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Precious treasures and oil are found where the wise live, but a foolish man devours them. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Whoever pursues righteousness and gracious love finds life, righteousness, and honor. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22A wise man attacks the city of the mighty, bringing down the fortress in which they trust. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Whoever watches his mouth and tongue keeps himself from trouble. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24The names "Proud," "Arrogant," and "Mocker" fit whoever acts with presumptuous conceit. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25What the lazy person craves will kill him, because his hands refuse to work. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26All day long he continues to crave, while the righteous person gives without holding back. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27What the wicked person sacrifices is detestable— how much more when he offers it with vile motives! |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28A false witness will perish, but whoever listens will testify successfully. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29The wicked man puts up a bold appearance, but the upright thinks about what he is doing. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30No wisdom, insight, or counsel can prevail against the LORD. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31The horse may be prepared for the day of battle, but to the LORD goes the victory. |
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