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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1In the LORD's hand the king's heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2A person may think their own ways are right, but the LORD weighs the heart. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3To do what is right and just is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice. |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Haughty eyes and a proud heart-- the unplowed field of the wicked--produce sin. |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5The plans of the diligent lead to profit as surely as haste leads to poverty. |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6A fortune made by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7The violence of the wicked will drag them away, for they refuse to do what is right. |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8The way of the guilty is devious, but the conduct of the innocent is upright. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10The wicked crave evil; their neighbors get no mercy from them. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; by paying attention to the wise they get knowledge. |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12The Righteous One takes note of the house of the wicked and brings the wicked to ruin. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Whoever shuts their ears to the cry of the poor will also cry out and not be answered. |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14A gift given in secret soothes anger, and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16Whoever strays from the path of prudence comes to rest in the company of the dead. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Whoever loves pleasure will become poor; whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18The wicked become a ransom for the righteous, and the unfaithful for the upright. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Better to live in a desert than with a quarrelsome and nagging wife. |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20The wise store up choice food and olive oil, but fools gulp theirs down. |
| 21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21Whoever pursues righteousness and love finds life, prosperity and honor. |
| 22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty and pull down the stronghold in which they trust. |
| 23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Those who guard their mouths and their tongues keep themselves from calamity. |
| 24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24The proud and arrogant person--"Mocker" is his name-- behaves with insolent fury. |
| 25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work. |
| 26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26All day long he craves for more, but the righteous give without sparing. |
| 27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27The sacrifice of the wicked is detestable-- how much more so when brought with evil intent! |
| 28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28A false witness will perish, but a careful listener will testify successfully. |
| 29[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 29The wicked put up a bold front, but the upright give thought to their ways. |
| 30[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 30There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the LORD. |
| 31[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 31The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but victory rests with the LORD. |
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