1Better[H2896] is a dry[H2720]morsel[H6595], and quietness[H7962] therewith, than an house[H1004]full[H4392] of sacrifices[H2077] with strife[H7379].
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A wise[H7919]servant[H5650] shall have rule[H4910] over a son[H1121] that causeth shame[H954], and shall have part[H2505] of the inheritance[H5159]among[H8432] the brethren[H251].
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The fining pot[H4715] is for silver[H3701], and the furnace[H3564] for gold[H2091]: but the LORD[H3068]trieth[H974] the hearts[H3826].
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A wicked doer[H7489] giveth heed[H7181] to false[H205]lips[H8193]; and a liar[H8267] giveth ear[H238] to a naughty[H1942]tongue[H3956].
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Whoso mocketh[H3932] the poor[H7326]reproacheth[H2778] his Maker[H6213]: and he that is glad[H8056] at calamities[H343] shall not be unpunished[H5352].
6Children[H1121]'s children[H1121] are the crown[H5850] of old men[H2205]; and the glory[H8597] of children[H1121] are their fathers[H1].
7Excellent[H3499]speech[H8193]becometh[H5000] not a fool[H5036]: much less do lying[H8267]lips[H8193] a prince[H5081].
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A gift[H7810] is as a precious[H2580]stone[H68] in the eyes[H5869] of him that hath[H1167] it: whithersoever it turneth[H6437], it prospereth[H7919].
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He that covereth[H3680] a transgression[H6588]seeketh[H1245]love[H160]; but he that repeateth[H8138] a matter[H1697]separateth[H6504] very friends[H441].
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A reproof[H1606]entereth[H5181] more into a wise man[H995] than an hundred[H3967]stripes[H5221] into a fool[H3684].
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An evil[H7451] man seeketh[H1245] only rebellion[H4805]: therefore a cruel[H394]messenger[H4397] shall be sent[H7971] against him.
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Let a bear[H1677]robbed[H7909] of her whelps meet[H6298] a man[H376], rather than[H408] a fool[H3684] in his folly[H200].
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Whoso rewardeth[H7725]evil[H7451] for good[H2896], evil[H7451] shall not depart[H4185] from his house[H1004].
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The beginning[H7225] of strife[H4066] is as when one letteth out[H6362]water[H4325]: therefore leave off[H5203]contention[H7379], before[H6440] it be meddled[H1566] with.
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He that justifieth[H6663] the wicked[H7563], and he that condemneth[H7561] the just[H6662], even they both[H8147] are abomination[H8441] to the LORD[H3068].
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Wherefore is there a price[H4242] in the hand[H3027] of a fool[H3684] to get[H7069]wisdom[H2451], seeing he hath no heart[H3820] to it?
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A friend[H7453]loveth[H157] at all times[H6256], and a brother[H251] is born[H3205] for adversity[H6869].
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A man[H120]void[H2638] of understanding[H3820]striketh[H8628]hands[H3709], and becometh[H6148]surety[H6161] in the presence[H6440] of his friend[H7453].
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He loveth[H157]transgression[H6588] that loveth[H157]strife[H4683]: and he that exalteth[H1361] his gate[H6607]seeketh[H1245]destruction[H7667].
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He that hath a froward[H6141]heart[H3820]findeth[H4672] no good[H2896]: and he that hath a perverse[H2015]tongue[H3956]falleth[H5307] into mischief[H7451].
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He that begetteth[H3205] a fool[H3684] doeth it to his sorrow[H8424]: and the father[H1] of a fool[H5036] hath no joy[H8055].
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A merry[H8056]heart[H3820] doeth good[H3190] like a medicine[H1456]: but a broken[H5218]spirit[H7307]drieth[H3001] the bones[H1634].
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A wicked[H7563] man taketh[H3947] a gift[H7810] out of the bosom[H2436] to pervert[H5186] the ways[H734] of judgment[H4941].
24Wisdom[H2451] is before him that hath understanding[H6440]; but the eyes[H5869] of a fool[H3684] are in the ends[H7097] of the earth[H776].
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A foolish[H3684]son[H1121] is a grief[H3708] to his father[H1], and bitterness[H4470] to her that bare[H3205] him.
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Also to punish[H6064] the just[H6662] is not good[H2896], nor to strike[H5221]princes[H5081] for equity[H3476].
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He that hath[H3045]knowledge[H1847]spareth[H2820] his words[H561]: and a man[H376] of understanding[H8394] is of an excellent[H3368]spirit[H7307].
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Even a fool[H191], when he holdeth his peace[H2790], is counted[H2803]wise[H2450]: and he that shutteth[H331] his lips[H8193] is esteemed a man of understanding[H995].