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“Bad, bad,” says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.
There is gold and abundance of costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.
Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good.
A man's steps are from the Lord; how then can man understand his way?
A wise king winnows the wicked and drives the wheel over them.
The spirit of man is the lamp of the Lord, searching all his innermost parts.
Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his throne is upheld.
The glory of young men is their strength, but the splendor of old men is their gray hair.
Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean the innermost parts.
The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the Lord; he turns it wherever he will.
Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the Lord weighs the heart.
To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.
Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but everyone who is hasty comes only to poverty.
The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.
The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is upright.
It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
The Righteous One observes the house of the wicked; he throws the wicked down to ruin.
Whoever closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself call out and not be answered.
When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.
One who wanders from the way of good sense will rest in the assembly of the dead.
The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the traitor for the upright.
A wise man scales the city of the mighty and brings down the stronghold in which they trust.
“Scoffer” is the name of the arrogant, haughty man who acts with arrogant pride.
The desire of the sluggard kills him, for his hands refuse to labor.
All day long he craves and craves, but the righteous gives and does not hold back.
The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination; how much more when he brings it with evil intent.
A false witness will perish, but the word of a man who hears will endure.
A wicked man puts on a bold face, but the upright gives thought to his ways.
No wisdom, no understanding, no counsel can avail against the Lord.
The horse is made ready for the day of battle, but the victory belongs to the Lord.
The rich and the poor meet together; the Lord is the Maker of them all.
The prudent sees danger and hides himself, but the simple go on and suffer for it.
The reward for humility and fear of the Lord is riches and honor and life.
Thorns and snares are in the way of the crooked; whoever guards his soul will keep far from them.
Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
The rich rules over the poor, and the borrower is the slave of the lender.
Whoever sows injustice will reap calamity, and the rod of his fury will fail.
Whoever has a bountiful eye will be blessed, for he shares his bread with the poor.
He who loves purity of heart, and whose speech is gracious, will have the king as his friend.
The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge, but he overthrows the words of the traitor.
The sluggard says, “There is a lion outside! I shall be killed in the streets!”
The mouth of forbidden women is a deep pit; he with whom the Lord is angry will fall into it.
Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.
Whoever oppresses the poor to increase his own wealth, or gives to the rich, will only come to poverty.
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