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Wine [is] a mocker, Strong drink [is] a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise. |
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The wrath of a king [is] like the roaring of a lion; [Whoever] provokes him to anger sins [against] his own life. |
3
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[It is] honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel. |
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The lazy [man] will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and [have] nothing. |
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Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water, But a man of understanding will draw it out. |
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Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man? |
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The righteous [man] walks in his integrity; His children [are] blessed after him. |
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A king who sits on the throne of judgment Scatters all evil with his eyes. |
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Who can say, "I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin"? |
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Diverse weights [and] diverse measures, They [are] both alike, an abomination to the LORD. |
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Even a child is known by his deeds, Whether what he does [is] pure and right. |
12
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The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The LORD has made them both. |
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Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, [and] you will be satisfied with bread. |
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"[It is] good for nothing," cries the buyer; But when he has gone his way, then he boasts. |
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There is gold and a multitude of rubies, But the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel. |
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Take the garment of one who is surety [for] a stranger, And hold it as a pledge [when it] is for a seductress. |
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Bread gained by deceit [is] sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel. |
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Plans are established by counsel; By wise counsel wage war. |
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He who goes about [as] a talebearer reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips. |
20
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Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp will be put out in deep darkness. |
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An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning Will not be blessed at the end. |
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Do not say, "I will recompense evil"; Wait for the LORD, and He will save you. |
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Diverse weights [are] an abomination to the LORD, And dishonest scales [are] not good. |
24
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A man's steps [are] of the LORD; How then can a man understand his own way? |
25
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[It is] a snare for a man to devote rashly [something as] holy, And afterward to reconsider [his] vows. |
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A wise king sifts out the wicked, And brings the threshing wheel over them. |
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The spirit of a man [is] the lamp of the LORD, Searching all the inner depths of his heart. |
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Mercy and truth preserve the king, And by lovingkindness he upholds his throne. |
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The glory of young men [is] their strength, And the splendor of old men [is] their gray head. |
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Blows that hurt cleanse away evil, As [do] stripes the inner depths of the heart. |
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