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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Wine is a mocker and strong drink is a brawler; whoever goes astray by them is not wise. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2The king's terrifying anger is like the roar of a lion; whoever provokes him sins against himself. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3It is an honor for a person to cease from strife, but every fool quarrels. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4The sluggard will not plow during the planting season, so at harvest time he looks for the crop but has nothing. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Counsel in a person's heart is like deep water, but an understanding person draws it out. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Many people profess their loyalty, but a faithful person--who can find? |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7The righteous person behaves in integrity; blessed are his children after him. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8A king sitting on the throne to judge separates out all evil with his eyes. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Who can say, "I have kept my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"? |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Diverse weights and diverse measures--the LORD abhors both of them. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Even a young man is known by his actions, whether his activity is pure and whether it is right. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12The ear that hears and the eye that sees--the LORD has made them both. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Do not love sleep, lest you become impoverished; open your eyes so that you might be satisfied with food. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14"It's worthless! It's worthless!" says the buyer, but when he goes on his way, he boasts. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15There is gold, and an abundance of rubies, but words of knowledge are like a precious jewel. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Take a man's garment when he has given security for a stranger, and when he gives surety for strangers, hold him in pledge. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Bread gained by deceit tastes sweet to a person, but afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Plans are established by counsel, so make war with guidance. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19The one who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with someone who is always opening his mouth. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20The one who curses his father and his mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the blackest darkness. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21An inheritance gained easily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Do not say, "I will pay back evil!" Wait for the LORD, so that he may vindicate you. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23The LORD abhors differing weights, and dishonest scales are wicked. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24The steps of a person are ordained by the LORD--so how can anyone understand his own way? |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25It is a snare for a person to rashly cry, "Holy!" and only afterward to consider what he has vowed. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26A wise king separates out the wicked; he turns the threshing wheel over them. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27The human spirit is like the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Loyal love and truth preserve a king, and his throne is upheld by loyal love. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29The glory of young men is their strength, and the splendor of old men is gray hair. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30Beatings and wounds cleanse away evil, and floggings cleanse the innermost being. |
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