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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Every wise woman builds her household, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2The one who walks in his uprightness fears the LORD, but the one who is perverted in his ways despises him. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3In the speech of a fool is a rod for his back, but the words of the wise protect them. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Where there are no oxen, the feeding trough is clean, but an abundant harvest is produced by strong oxen. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5A truthful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6The scorner seeks wisdom but finds none, but understanding is easy for a discerning person. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Leave the presence of a foolish person, or you will not understand wise counsel. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8The wisdom of the shrewd person is to discern his way, but the folly of fools is deception. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Fools mock at reparation, but among the upright there is favor. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10The heart knows its own bitterness, and with its joy no one else can share. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11The household of the wicked will be destroyed, but the tent of the upright will flourish. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12There is a way that seems right to a person, but its end is the way that leads to death. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Even in laughter the heart may ache, and the end of joy may be grief. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14The backslider will be paid back from his own ways, but a good person will be rewarded for his. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15A naive person believes everything, but the shrewd person discerns his steps. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16A wise person is cautious and turns from evil, but a fool throws off restraint and is overconfident. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17A person who has a quick temper does foolish things, and a person with crafty schemes is hated. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18The naive inherit folly, but the shrewd are crowned with knowledge. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Those who are evil will bow before those who are good, and the wicked will bow at the gates of the righteous. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20A poor person is disliked even by his neighbors, but those who love the rich are many. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21The one who despises his neighbor sins, but whoever is kind to the needy is blessed. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Do not those who devise evil go astray? But those who plan good exhibit faithful covenant love. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23In all hard work there is profit, but merely talking about it only brings poverty. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24The crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools is folly. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25A truthful witness rescues lives, but the one who breathes lies brings deception. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26In the fear of the LORD one has strong confidence, and it will be a refuge for his children. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27The fear of the LORD is like a life-giving fountain, to turn people from deadly snares. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28A king's glory is the abundance of people, but the lack of subjects is the ruin of a ruler. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29The one who is slow to anger has great understanding, but the one who has a quick temper exalts folly. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30A tranquil spirit revives the body, but envy is rottenness to the bones. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31The one who oppresses the poor insults his Creator, but whoever shows favor to the needy honors him. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32The wicked will be thrown down in his trouble, but the righteous have refuge even in the threat of death. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33Wisdom rests in the heart of the discerning; it is known even in the heart of fools. |
| 34[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 34Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. |
| 35[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 35The king shows favor to a wise servant, but his wrath falls on one who acts shamefully. |
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