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- Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity than he that is perverse in his lips and a fool at the same time.
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- Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good;
and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
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- The foolishness of man perverteth his way;
and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
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- Wealth addeth many friends;
but as for the poor, his friend separateth himself from him.
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- A false witness shall not be unpunished;
and he that breatheth forth lies shall not escape.
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- Many will entreat the favour of the liberal man;
and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.
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- All the brethren of the poor do hate him;
how much more do his friends go far from him!
He that pursueth words, they turn against him.
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- He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul;
he that keepeth understanding shall find good.
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- A false witness shall not be unpunished;
and he that breatheth forth lies shall perish.
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- Luxury is not seemly for a fool;
much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
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- It is the discretion of a man to be slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
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- The king"s wrath is as the roaring of a lion;
but his favour is as dew upon the grass.
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- A foolish son is the calamity of his father;
and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.
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- House and riches are the inheritance of fathers;
but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
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- Slothfulness casteth into a deep sleep;
and the idle soul shall suffer hunger.
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- He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul;
but he that despiseth His ways shall die.
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- He that is gracious unto the poor lendeth unto the LORD;
and his good deed will He repay unto him.
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- Chasten thy son, for there is hope;
but set not thy heart on his destruction.
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- A man of great wrath shall suffer punishment;
for if thou interpose, thou wilt add thereto.
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- Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end.
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- There are many devices in a man"s heart;
but the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
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- The lust of a man is his shame;
and a poor man is better than a liar.
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- The fear of the LORD tendeth to life;
and he that hath it shall abide satisfied, he shall not be visited with evil.
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- The sluggard burieth his hand in the dish, and will not so much as bring it back to his mouth.
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- When thou smitest a scorner, the simple will become prudent;
and when one that hath understanding is reproved, he will understand knowledge.
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- A son that dealeth shamefully and reproachfully will despoil his father, and chase away his mother.
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- Cease, my son, to hear the instruction that causeth to err from the words of knowledge.
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- An ungodly witness mocketh at right;
and the mouth of the wicked devoureth iniquity.
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- Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
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