| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1A wise son accepts his father's discipline, But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2From the fruit of a man's mouth he enjoys good, But the desire of the treacherous is violence. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3The one who guards his mouth preserves his life; The one who opens wide his lips comes to ruin. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, But the soul of the diligent is made fat. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5A righteous man hates falsehood, But a wicked man acts disgustingly and shamefully. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Righteousness guards the one whose way is blameless, But wickedness subverts the sinner. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7There is one who pretends to be rich, but has nothing; Another pretends to be poor, but has great wealth. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, But the poor hears no rebuke. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9The light of the righteous rejoices, But the lamp of the wicked goes out. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Through insolence comes nothing but strife, But wisdom is with those who receive counsel. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles, But the one who gathers by labor increases it. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13The one who despises the word will be in debt to it, But the one who fears the commandment will be rewarded. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from the snares of death. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Good understanding produces favor, But the way of the treacherous is hard. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Every prudent man acts with knowledge, But a fool displays folly. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17A wicked messenger falls into adversity, But a faithful envoy brings healing. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Poverty and shame will come to him who neglects discipline, But he who regards reproof will be honored. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Desire realized is sweet to the soul, But it is an abomination to fools to turn away from evil. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20He who walks with wise men will be wise, But the companion of fools will suffer harm. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Adversity pursues sinners, But the righteous will be rewarded with prosperity. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22A good man leaves an inheritance to his children's children, And the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the righteous. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor, But it is swept away by injustice. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24He who withholds his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him diligently. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25The righteous has enough to satisfy his appetite, But the stomach of the wicked is in need. |
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