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1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1The wicked flee though no one pursues, but the righteous are as bold as a lion. |
2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2When a country is rebellious, it has many rulers, but a ruler with discernment and knowledge maintains order. |
3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3A ruler who oppresses the poor is like a driving rain that leaves no crops. |
4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked, but those who heed it resist them. |
5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5Evildoers do not understand what is right, but those who seek the LORD understand it fully. |
6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse. |
7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7A discerning son heeds instruction, but a companion of gluttons disgraces his father. |
8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8Whoever increases wealth by taking interest or profit from the poor amasses it for another, who will be kind to the poor. |
9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable. |
10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Whoever leads the upright along an evil path will fall into their own trap, but the blameless will receive a good inheritance. |
11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11The rich are wise in their own eyes; one who is poor and discerning sees how deluded they are. |
12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12When the righteous triumph, there is great elation; but when the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding. |
13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy. |
14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14Blessed is the one who always trembles before God, but whoever hardens their heart falls into trouble. |
15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Like a roaring lion or a charging bear is a wicked ruler over a helpless people. |
16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16A tyrannical ruler practices extortion, but one who hates ill-gotten gain will enjoy a long reign. |
17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder will seek refuge in the grave; let no one hold them back. |
18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe, but the one whose ways are perverse will fall into the pit. |
19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19Those who work their land will have abundant food, but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty. |
20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20A faithful person will be richly blessed, but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished. |
21[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 21To show partiality is not good-- yet a person will do wrong for a piece of bread. |
22[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 22The stingy are eager to get rich and are unaware that poverty awaits them. |
23[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 23Whoever rebukes a person will in the end gain favor rather than one who has a flattering tongue. |
24[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 24Whoever robs their father or mother and says, "It's not wrong," is partner to one who destroys. |
25[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 25The greedy stir up conflict, but those who trust in the LORD will prosper. |
26[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 26Those who trust in themselves are fools, but those who walk in wisdom are kept safe. |
27[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 27Those who give to the poor will lack nothing, but those who close their eyes to them receive many curses. |
28[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 28When the wicked rise to power, people go into hiding; but when the wicked perish, the righteous thrive. |
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