| 1: Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an
house full of sacrifices with strife. |
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| 2: A wise servant shall have rule over a son that causeth shame,
and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren. |
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| 3:
The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but
the LORD trieth the hearts. |
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| 4: A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; and a liar giveth ear
to a naughty tongue. |
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| 5: Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is
glad at calamities shall not be unpunished. |
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| 6: Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of
children are their fathers. |
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| 7: Excellent speech becometh not a fool: much less do lying lips
a prince. |
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| 8: A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it:
whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth. |
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| 9: He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that
repeateth a matter separateth very friends. |
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| 10: A reproof entereth more into a wise man than an hundred
stripes into a fool. |
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| 11: An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel
messenger shall be sent against him. |
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| 12: Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a
fool in his folly. |
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| 13: Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his
house. |
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| 14: The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water:
therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with. |
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| 15: He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the
just, even they both are abomination to the LORD. |
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| 16: Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to get
wisdom, seeing he hath no heart to it? |
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| 17: A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for
adversity. |
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| 18: A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh
surety in the presence of his friend. |
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| 19: He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that
exalteth his gate seeketh destruction. |
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| 20: He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that
hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief. |
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| 21: He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow: and the
father of a fool hath no joy. |
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| 22: A merry heart doeth good like a medicine: but a broken spirit
drieth the bones. |
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| 23: A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom to pervert the
ways of judgment. |
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| 24: Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but
the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth. |
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| 25: A foolish son is a grief to his father, and bitterness to her
that bare him. |
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| 26: Also to punish the just is not good, nor to strike princes
for equity. |
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| 27: He that hath knowledge spareth his words: and a man of
understanding is of an excellent spirit. |
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| 28: Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise: and
he that shutteth his lips is esteemed a man of understanding. |
