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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1The LORD abhors dishonest scales, but an accurate weight is his delight. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3The integrity of the upright guides them, but the crookedness of the unfaithful destroys them. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from mortal danger. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5The righteousness of the blameless will make straight their way, but the wicked person will fall by his own wickedness. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, but the faithless will be captured by their own desires. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7When a wicked person dies, his expectation perishes, and the hope of his strength perishes. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8The righteous person is delivered out of trouble, and the wicked turns up in his stead. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9With his speech the godless person destroys his neighbor, but by knowledge the righteous will be delivered. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10When the righteous do well, the city rejoices; when the wicked perish, there is joy. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11A city is exalted by the blessing provided from the upright, but it is destroyed by the counsel of the wicked. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12The one who denounces his neighbor lacks wisdom, but the one who has discernment keeps silent. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13The one who goes about slandering others reveals secrets, but the one who is trustworthy conceals a matter. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14When there is no guidance a nation falls, but there is success in the abundance of counselors. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15The one who puts up security for a stranger will surely have trouble, but whoever avoids shaking hands will be secure. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16A generous woman gains honor, and ruthless men seize wealth. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17A kind person benefits himself, but a cruel person brings himself trouble. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18The wicked person earns deceitful wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a genuine reward. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19True righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues it to his own death. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20The LORD abhors those who are perverse in heart, but those who are blameless in their ways are his delight. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Be assured that the evil person will certainly be punished, but the descendants of the righteous will not suffer unjust judgment. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Like a gold ring in a pig's snout is a beautiful woman who rejects discretion. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23What the righteous desire leads only to good, but what the wicked hope for leads to wrath. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24One person is generous and yet grows more wealthy, but another withholds more than he should and comes to poverty. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25A generous person will be enriched, and the one who provides water for others will himself be satisfied. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26People will curse the one who withholds grain, but they will praise the one who sells it. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27The one who diligently seeks good seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil--it will come to him. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28The one who trusts in his riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish like a green leaf. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29The one who troubles his family will inherit nothing, and the fool will be a servant to the wise person. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30The fruit of the righteous is like a tree producing life, and the one who wins souls is wise. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31If the righteous are recompensed on earth, how much more the wicked sinner! |
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