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1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife. |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the LORD trieth the hearts. |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue. |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers. |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips a prince. |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that repeateth a matter separateth very friends. |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred stripes into a fool. |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house. |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? |
17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. |
18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend. |
19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. |
20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. |
21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the father of a fool hath no joy. |
22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit drieth the bones. |
23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the ways of judgment. |
24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. |
25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her that bare him. |
26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes for equity. |
27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of understanding is of an excellent spirit. |
28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. |
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