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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1Better the poor whose walk is blameless than a fool whose lips are perverse. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2Desire without knowledge is not good-- how much more will hasty feet miss the way! |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3A person's own folly leads to their ruin, yet their heart rages against the LORD. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Wealth attracts many friends, but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will not go free. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7The poor are shunned by all their relatives-- how much more do their friends avoid them! Though the poor pursue them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will perish. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury-- how much worse for a slave to rule over princes! |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11A person's wisdom yields patience; it is to one's glory to overlook an offense. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12A king's rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13A foolish child is a father's ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life, but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Discipline your children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their death. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty; rescue them, and you will have to do it again. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Listen to advice and accept discipline, and at the end you will be counted among the wise. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the LORD's purpose that prevails. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22What a person desires is unfailing love; better to be poor than a liar. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23The fear of the LORD leads to life; then one rests content, untouched by trouble. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24A sluggard buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth! |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25Flog a mocker, and the simple will learn prudence; rebuke the discerning, and they will gain knowledge. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Whoever robs their father and drives out their mother is a child who brings shame and disgrace. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Stop listening to instruction, my son, and you will stray from the words of knowledge. |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28A corrupt witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29Penalties are prepared for mockers, and beatings for the backs of fools. |
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