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- The proverbs of Solomon.
A wise son maketh a glad father;
but a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
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- Treasures of wickedness profit nothing;
but righteousness delivereth from death.
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- The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish;
but He thrusteth away the desire of the wicked.
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- He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand;
but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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- A wise son gathereth in summer;
but a son that doeth shamefully sleepeth in harvest.
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- Blessings are upon the head of the righteous;
but the mouth of the wicked concealeth violence.
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- The memory of the righteous shall be for a blessing;
but the name of the wicked shall rot.
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- The wise in heart will receive commandments;
but a prating fool shall fall.
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- He that walketh uprightly walketh securely;
but he that perverteth his ways shall be found out.
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- He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow;
and a prating fool shall fall.
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- The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life;
but the mouth of the wicked concealeth violence.
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- Hatred stirreth up strifes;
but love covereth all transgressions.
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- In the lips of him that hath discernment wisdom is found;
but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
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- Wise men lay up knowledge;
but the mouth of the foolish is an imminent ruin.
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- The rich man"s wealth is his strong city;
the ruin of the poor is their poverty.
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- The wages of the righteous is life;
the increase of the wicked is sin.
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- He is in the way of life that heedeth instruction;
but he that forsaketh reproof erreth.
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- He that hideth hatred is of lying lips;
and he that uttereth a slander is a fool.
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- In the multitude of words there wanteth not transgression;
but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
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- The tongue of the righteous is as choice silver;
the heart of the wicked is little worth.
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- The lips of the righteous feed many;
but the foolish die for want of understanding.
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- The blessing of the LORD, it maketh rich, and toil addeth nothing thereto.
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- It is as sport to a fool to do wickedness, and so is wisdom to a man of discernment.
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- The fear of the wicked, it shall come upon him;
and the desire of the righteous shall be granted.
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- When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more;
but the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
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- As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the sluggard to them that send him.
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- The fear of the LORD prolongeth days;
but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.
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- The hope of the righteous is gladness;
but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
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- The way of the LORD is a stronghold to the upright, but ruin to the workers of iniquity.
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- The righteous shall never be moved;
but the wicked shall not inhabit the land.
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- The mouth of the righteous buddeth with wisdom;
but the froward tongue shall be cut off.
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- The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable;
but the mouth of the wicked is all frowardness.
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