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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Better a dry crust with peace and quiet than a house full of feasting, with strife. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance as one of the family. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the heart. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Whoever mocks the poor shows contempt for their Maker; whoever gloats over disaster will not go unpunished. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Children's children are a crown to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool-- how much worse lying lips to a ruler! |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it; they think success will come at every turn. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Whoever would foster love covers over an offense, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10A rebuke impresses a discerning person more than a hundred lashes a fool. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11Evildoers foster rebellion against God; the messenger of death will be sent against them. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool bent on folly. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Evil will never leave the house of one who pays back evil for good. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent-- the LORD detests them both. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Why should fools have money in hand to buy wisdom, when they are not able to understand it? |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for a time of adversity. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge and puts up security for a neighbor. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Whoever loves a quarrel loves sin; whoever builds a high gate invites destruction. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper; one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21To have a fool for a child brings grief; there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22A cheerful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23The wicked accept bribes in secret to pervert the course of justice. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24A discerning person keeps wisdom in view, but a fool's eyes wander to the ends of the earth. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25A foolish son brings grief to his father and bitterness to the mother who bore him. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26If imposing a fine on the innocent is not good, surely to flog honest officials is not right. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27The one who has knowledge uses words with restraint, and whoever has understanding is even-tempered. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28Even fools are thought wise if they keep silent, and discerning if they hold their tongues. |
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