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The proverbs[H4912] of Solomon[H8010]. A wise[H2450]son[H1121] maketh a glad[H8055]father[H1]: but a foolish[H3684]son[H1121] is the heaviness[H8424] of his mother[H517].
2Treasures[H214] of wickedness[H7562]profit[H3276] nothing: but righteousness[H6666]delivereth[H5337] from death[H4194].
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The LORD[H3068] will not suffer[H7456] the soul[H5315] of the righteous[H6662] to famish[H7456]: but he casteth away[H1920] the substance[H1942] of the wicked[H7563].
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He becometh poor[H7326] that dealeth[H6213] with a slack[H7423]hand[H3709]: but the hand[H3027] of the diligent[H2742] maketh rich[H6238].
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He that gathereth[H103] in summer[H7019] is a wise[H7919]son[H1121]: but he that sleepeth[H7290] in harvest[H7105] is a son[H1121] that causeth shame[H954].
6Blessings[H1293] are upon the head[H7218] of the just[H6662]: but violence[H2555]covereth[H3680] the mouth[H6310] of the wicked[H7563].
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The memory[H2143] of the just[H6662] is blessed[H1293]: but the name[H8034] of the wicked[H7563] shall rot[H7537].
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The wise[H2450] in heart[H3820] will receive[H3947]commandments[H4687]: but a prating[H8193]fool[H191] shall fall[H3832].
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He that walketh[H3212]uprightly[H8537]walketh[H1980]surely[H983]: but he that perverteth[H6140] his ways[H1870] shall be known[H3045].
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He that winketh[H7169] with the eye[H5869]causeth[H5414]sorrow[H6094]: but a prating[H8193]fool[H191] shall fall[H3832].
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The mouth[H6310] of a righteous[H6662] man is a well[H4726] of life[H2416]: but violence[H2555]covereth[H3680] the mouth[H6310] of the wicked[H7563].
12Hatred[H8135] stirreth up[H5782]strifes[H4090]: but love[H160]covereth[H3680] all sins[H6588].
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In the lips[H8193] of him that hath understanding[H995]wisdom[H2451] is found[H4672]: but a rod[H7626] is for the back[H1460] of him that is void[H2638] of understanding[H3820].
14Wise[H2450] men lay up[H6845]knowledge[H1847]: but the mouth[H6310] of the foolish[H191] is near[H7138]destruction[H4288].
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The rich man's wealth[H1952] is his strong[H5797]city[H7151]: the destruction[H4288] of the poor[H1800] is their poverty[H7389].
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The labour[H6468] of the righteous[H6662] tendeth to life[H2416]: the fruit[H8393] of the wicked[H7563] to sin[H2403].
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He is in the way[H734] of life[H2416] that keepeth[H8104]instruction[H4148]: but he that refuseth[H5800]reproof[H8433]erreth[H8582].
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He that hideth[H3680]hatred[H8135] with lying[H8267]lips[H8193], and he that uttereth[H3318] a slander[H1681], is a fool[H3684].
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In the multitude[H7230] of words[H1697] there wanteth[H2308] not sin[H6588]: but he that refraineth[H2820] his lips[H8193] is wise[H7919].
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The tongue[H3956] of the just[H6662] is as choice[H977]silver[H3701]: the heart[H3820] of the wicked[H7563] is little worth[H4592].
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The lips[H8193] of the righteous[H6662]feed[H7462]many[H7227]: but fools[H191]die[H4191] for want[H2638] of wisdom[H3820].
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The blessing[H1293] of the LORD[H3068], it maketh rich[H6238], and he addeth[H3254] no sorrow[H6089] with it.
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It is as sport[H7814] to a fool[H3684] to do[H6213]mischief[H2154]: but a man[H376] of understanding[H8394] hath wisdom[H2451].
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The fear[H4034] of the wicked[H7563], it shall come[H935] upon him: but the desire[H8378] of the righteous[H6662] shall be granted[H5414].
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As the whirlwind[H5492]passeth[H5674], so is the wicked[H7563] no more: but the righteous[H6662] is an everlasting[H5769]foundation[H3247].
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As vinegar[H2558] to the teeth[H8127], and as smoke[H6227] to the eyes[H5869], so is the sluggard[H6102] to them that send[H7971] him.
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The fear[H3374] of the LORD[H3068]prolongeth[H3254]days[H3117]: but the years[H8141] of the wicked[H7563] shall be shortened[H7114].
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The hope[H8431] of the righteous[H6662] shall be gladness[H8057]: but the expectation[H8615] of the wicked[H7563] shall perish[H6].
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The way[H1870] of the LORD[H3068] is strength[H4581] to the upright[H8537]: but destruction[H4288] shall be to the workers[H6466] of iniquity[H205].
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The righteous[H6662] shall never[H5769] be removed[H4131]: but the wicked[H7563] shall not inhabit[H7931] the earth[H776].
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The mouth[H6310] of the just[H6662] bringeth forth[H5107]wisdom[H2451]: but the froward[H8419]tongue[H3956] shall be cut out[H3772].
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The lips[H8193] of the righteous[H6662]know[H3045] what is acceptable[H7522]: but the mouth[H6310] of the wicked[H7563] speaketh frowardness[H8419].