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| 1[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 1As dead flies cause even a bottle of perfume to stink, so a little foolishness spoils great wisdom and honor. |
| 2[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 2A wise person chooses the right road; a fool takes the wrong one. |
| 3[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 3You can identify fools just by the way they walk down the street! |
| 4[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 4If your boss is angry at you, don’t quit! A quiet spirit can overcome even great mistakes. The Ironies of Life |
| 5[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 5There is another evil I have seen under the sun. Kings and rulers make a grave mistake |
| 6[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 6when they give great authority to foolish people and low positions to people of proven worth. |
| 7[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 7I have even seen servants riding horseback like princes—and princes walking like servants! |
| 8[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 8When you dig a well, you might fall in. When you demolish an old wall, you could be bitten by a snake. |
| 9[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 9When you work in a quarry, stones might fall and crush you. When you chop wood, there is danger with each stroke of your ax. |
| 10[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 10Using a dull ax requires great strength, so sharpen the blade. That’s the value of wisdom; it helps you succeed. |
| 11[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 11If a snake bites before you charm it, what’s the use of being a snake charmer? |
| 12[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 12Wise words bring approval, but fools are destroyed by their own words. |
| 13[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 13Fools base their thoughts on foolish assumptions, so their conclusions will be wicked madness; |
| 14[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 14they chatter on and on. No one really knows what is going to happen; no one can predict the future. |
| 15[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 15Fools are so exhausted by a little work that they can’t even find their way home. |
| 16[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 16What sorrow for the land ruled by a servant, the land whose leaders feast in the morning. |
| 17[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 17Happy is the land whose king is a noble leader and whose leaders feast at the proper time to gain strength for their work, not to get drunk. |
| 18[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 18Laziness leads to a sagging roof; idleness leads to a leaky house. |
| 19[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 19A party gives laughter, wine gives happiness, and money gives everything! |
| 20[an error occurred while processing this directive] | 20Never make light of the king, even in your thoughts. And don’t make fun of the powerful, even in your own bedroom. For a little bird might deliver your message and tell them what you said. |
| [an error occurred while processing this directive] | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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