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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the proper answer of the tongue. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2All a person's ways seem pure to them, but motives are weighed by the LORD. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3Commit to the LORD whatever you do, and he will establish your plans. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4The LORD works out everything to its proper end-- even the wicked for a day of disaster. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5The LORD detests all the proud of heart. Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Through love and faithfulness sin is atoned for; through the fear of the LORD evil is avoided. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7When the LORD takes pleasure in anyone's way, he causes their enemies to make peace with them. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Better a little with righteousness than much gain with injustice. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9In their hearts humans plan their course, but the LORD establishes their steps. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10The lips of a king speak as an oracle, and his mouth does not betray justice. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Honest scales and balances belong to the LORD; all the weights in the bag are of his making. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Kings detest wrongdoing, for a throne is established through righteousness. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Kings take pleasure in honest lips; they value the one who speaks what is right. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14A king's wrath is a messenger of death, but the wise will appease it. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15When a king's face brightens, it means life; his favor is like a rain cloud in spring. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16How much better to get wisdom than gold, to get insight rather than silver! |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17The highway of the upright avoids evil; those who guard their ways preserve their lives. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed than to share plunder with the proud. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Whoever gives heed to instruction prospers, and blessed is the one who trusts in the LORD. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21The wise in heart are called discerning, and gracious words promote instruction. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent, but folly brings punishment to fools. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent, and their lips promote instruction. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Gracious words are a honeycomb, sweet to the soul and healing to the bones. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25There is a way that appears to be right, but in the end it leads to death. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26The appetite of laborers works for them; their hunger drives them on. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27A scoundrel plots evil, and on their lips it is like a scorching fire. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28A perverse person stirs up conflict, and a gossip separates close friends. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29A violent person entices their neighbor and leads them down a path that is not good. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30Whoever winks with their eye is plotting perversity; whoever purses their lips is bent on evil. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31Gray hair is a crown of splendor; it is attained in the way of righteousness. |
| 32[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 32Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city. |
| 33[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 33The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD. |
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