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1. | Wisdom is building her house, but the foolish woman is pulling it down with her hands. |
2. | He who goes on his way in righteousness has before him the fear of the Lord; but he whose ways are twisted gives him no honour. |
3. | In the mouth of the foolish man is a rod for his back, but the lips of the wise will keep them safe. |
4. | Where there are no oxen, their food-place is clean; but much increase comes through the strength of the ox. |
5. | A true witness does not say what is false, but a false witness is breathing out deceit. |
6. | The hater of authority, searching for wisdom, does not get it; but knowledge comes readily to the open-minded man. |
7. | Go away from the foolish man, for you will not see the lips of knowledge. |
8. | The wisdom of the man of good sense makes his way clear; but the unwise behaviour of the foolish is deceit. |
9. | In the tents of those hating authority there is error, but in the house of the upright man there is grace. |
10. | No one has knowledge of a man's grief but himself; and a strange person has no part in his joy. |
11. | The house of the sinner will be overturned, but the tent of the upright man will do well. |
12. | There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death. |
13. | Even while laughing the heart may be sad; and after joy comes sorrow. |
14. | He whose heart is turned away will have the reward of his ways in full measure; but a good man will have the reward of his doings. |
15. | The simple man has faith in every word, but the man of good sense gives thought to his footsteps. |
16. | The wise man, fearing, keeps himself from evil; but the foolish man goes on in his pride, with no thought of danger. |
17. | He who is quickly angry will do what is foolish, but the man of good sense will have quiet. |
18. | Foolish behaviour is the heritage of the simple, but men of good sense are crowned with knowledge. |
19. | The knees of the evil are bent before the good; and sinners go down in the dust at the doors of the upright. |
20. | The poor man is hated even by his neighbour, but the man of wealth has numbers of friends. |
21. | He who has no respect for his neighbour is a sinner, but he who has pity for the poor is happy. |
22. | Will not the designers of evil come into error? But mercy and good faith are for the designers of good. |
23. | In all hard work there is profit, but talk only makes a man poor. |
24. | Their wisdom is a crown to the wise, but their foolish behaviour is round the head of the unwise. |
25. | A true witness is the saviour of lives; but he who says false things is a cause of deceit. |
26. | For him in whose heart is the fear of the Lord there is strong hope: and his children will have a safe place. |
27. | The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, by which one may be turned from the nets of death. |
28. | A king's glory is in the number of his people: and for need of people a ruler may come to destruction. |
29. | He who is slow to be angry has great good sense; but he whose spirit is over-quick gives support to what is foolish. |
30. | A quiet mind is the life of the body, but envy is a disease in the bones. |
31. | He who is hard on the poor puts shame on his Maker; but he who has mercy on those who are in need gives him honour. |
32. | The sinner is overturned in his evil-doing, but the upright man has hope in his righteousness. |
33. | Wisdom has her resting-place in the mind of the wise, but she is not seen among the foolish. |
34. | By righteousness a nation is lifted up, but sin is a cause of shame to the peoples. |
35. | The king has pleasure in a servant who does wisely, but his wrath is against him who is a cause of shame. |
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