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Better is a dry morsel with quiet than a house full of feasting with strife. |
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A servant who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers. |
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The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the LORD tests hearts. |
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An evildoer listens to wicked lips, and a liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue. |
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Whoever mocks the poor insults his Maker; he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished. |
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Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers. |
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Fine speech is not becoming to a fool; still less is false speech to a prince. |
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A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of the one who gives it; wherever he turns he prospers. |
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Whoever covers an offense seeks love, but he who repeats a matter separates close friends. |
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A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool. |
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An evil man seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger will be sent against him. |
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Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs rather than a fool in his folly. |
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If anyone returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house. |
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The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out. |
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He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous are both alike an abomination to the LORD. |
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Why should a fool have money in his hand to buy wisdom when he has no sense? |
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A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. |
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One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor. |
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Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who makes his door high seeks destruction. |
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A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity. |
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He who sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy. |
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A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit dries up the bones. |
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The wicked accepts a bribe in secret to pervert the ways of justice. |
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The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth. |
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A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him. |
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To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness. |
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Whoever restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding. |
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Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent. |
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