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Whoso loveth[H157]instruction[H4148]loveth[H157]knowledge[H1847]: but he that hateth[H8130]reproof[H8433] is brutish[H1198].
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A good[H2896]man[H376]obtaineth[H6329]favour[H7522] of the LORD[H3068]: but a man[H376] of wicked devices[H4209] will he condemn[H7561].
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A man[H120] shall not be established[H3559] by wickedness[H7562]: but the root[H8328] of the righteous[H6662] shall not be moved[H4131].
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A virtuous[H2428]woman[H802] is a crown[H5850] to her husband[H1167]: but she that maketh ashamed[H954] is as rottenness[H7538] in his bones[H6106].
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The thoughts[H4284] of the righteous[H6662] are right[H4941]: but the counsels[H8458] of the wicked[H7563] are deceit[H4820].
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The words[H1697] of the wicked[H7563] are to lie in wait[H693] for blood[H1818]: but the mouth[H6310] of the upright[H3477] shall deliver[H5337] them.
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The wicked[H7563] are overthrown[H2015], and are not: but the house[H1004] of the righteous[H6662] shall stand[H5975].
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A man[H376] shall be commended[H1984]according[H6310] to his wisdom[H7922]: but he that is of a perverse[H5753]heart[H3820] shall be despised[H937].
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He that is despised[H7034], and hath a servant[H5650], is better[H2896] than he that honoureth[H3513] himself, and lacketh[H2638]bread[H3899].
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A righteous[H6662] man regardeth[H3045] the life[H5315] of his beast[H929]: but the tender mercies[H7356] of the wicked[H7563] are cruel[H394].
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He that tilleth[H5647] his land[H127] shall be satisfied[H7646] with bread[H3899]: but he that followeth[H7291]vain[H7386] persons is void[H2638] of understanding[H3820].
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The wicked[H7563]desireth[H2530] the net[H4685] of evil[H7451] men: but the root[H8328] of the righteous[H6662]yieldeth[H5414] fruit.
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The wicked[H7451] is snared[H4170] by the transgression[H6588] of his lips[H8193]: but the just[H6662] shall come out[H3318] of trouble[H6869].
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A man[H376] shall be satisfied[H7646] with good[H2896] by the fruit[H6529] of his mouth[H6310]: and the recompence[H1576] of a man[H376]'s hands[H3027] shall be rendered[H7725] unto him.
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The way[H1870] of a fool[H191] is right[H3477] in his own eyes[H5869]: but he that hearkeneth[H8085] unto counsel[H6098] is wise[H2450].
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A fool's wrath[H3708] is presently[H3117]known[H3045]: but a prudent[H6175] man covereth[H3680]shame[H7036].
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He that speaketh[H6315]truth[H530] sheweth forth[H5046]righteousness[H6664]: but a false[H8267]witness[H5707]deceit[H4820].
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There is[H3426] that speaketh[H981] like the piercings[H4094] of a sword[H2719]: but the tongue[H3956] of the wise[H2450]is[H3426]health[H4832].
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The lip[H8193] of truth[H571] shall be established[H3559] for ever[H5703]: but a lying[H8267]tongue[H3956] is but for a moment[H7280].
20Deceit[H4820] is in the heart[H3820] of them that imagine[H2790]evil[H7451]: but to the counsellors[H3289] of peace[H7965] is joy[H8057].
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There shall no evil[H205]happen[H579] to the just[H6662]: but the wicked[H7563] shall be filled[H4390] with mischief[H7451].
22Lying[H8267]lips[H8193] are abomination[H8441] to the LORD[H3068]: but they that deal[H6213]truly[H530] are his delight[H7522].
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A prudent[H6175]man[H120]concealeth[H3680]knowledge[H1847]: but the heart[H3820] of fools[H3684]proclaimeth[H7121]foolishness[H200].
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The hand[H3027] of the diligent[H2742] shall bear rule[H4910]: but the slothful[H7423] shall be under tribute[H4522].
25Heaviness[H1674] in the heart[H3820] of man[H376] maketh it stoop[H7812]: but a good[H2896]word[H1697] maketh it glad[H8055].
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The righteous[H6662] is more excellent[H8446] than his neighbour[H7453]: but the way[H1870] of the wicked[H7563]seduceth[H8582] them.
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The slothful[H7423]man[H120]roasteth[H2760] not that which he took in hunting[H6718]: but the substance[H1952] of a diligent[H2742]man[H120] is precious[H3368].
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In the way[H734] of righteousness[H6666] is life[H2416]; and in the pathway[H5410] thereof there is no death[H4194].