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Wine is a mocker and beer is a brawler. Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
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The terror of a king is like the roaring of a lion. He who provokes him to anger forfeits his own life.
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It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
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The sluggard will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
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Many men claim to be men of unfailing love, but who can find a faithful man?
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A righteous man walks in integrity. Blessed are his children after him.
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A king who sits on the throne of judgment scatters away all evil with his eyes.
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Who can say, “I have made my heart pure. I am clean and without sin”?
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Differing weights and differing measures, both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.
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Even a child makes himself known by his doings, whether his work is pure, and whether it is right.
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The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made even both of them.
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Don’t love sleep, lest you come to poverty. Open your eyes, and you shall be satisfied with bread.
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“It’s no good, it’s no good,” says the buyer; but when he is gone his way, then he boasts.
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There is gold and abundance of rubies, but the lips of knowledge are a rare jewel.
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Take the garment of one who puts up collateral for a stranger; and hold him in pledge for a wayward woman.
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Fraudulent food is sweet to a man, but afterwards his mouth is filled with gravel.
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Plans are established by advice; by wise guidance you wage war!
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He who goes about as a tale-bearer reveals secrets; therefore don’t keep company with him who opens wide his lips.
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Whoever curses his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
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An inheritance quickly gained at the beginning won’t be blessed in the end.
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Don’t say, “I will pay back evil.” Wait for Yahweh, and he will save you.
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Yahweh detests differing weights, and dishonest scales are not pleasing.
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A man’s steps are from Yahweh; how then can man understand his way?
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It is a snare to a man to make a rash dedication, then later to consider his vows.
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A wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.
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The spirit of man is Yahweh’s lamp, searching all his innermost parts.
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Love and faithfulness keep the king safe. His throne is sustained by love.
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The glory of young men is their strength. The splendor of old men is their gray hair.
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Wounding blows cleanse away evil, and beatings purge the innermost parts.
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