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1Wine is a mocker, 2strong drink a brawler, and whoever 3is led astray by it is not wise.
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The terror of a king is like 4the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger 5forfeits his life.
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It is an honor for a man to 6keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
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7The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; 8he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
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The purpose in a man's heart is like 9deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
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Many a man 10proclaims his own steadfast love, but 11a faithful man who can find?
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The righteous who 12walks in his integrity-- 13blessed are his children after him!
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14A king who sits on the throne of judgment 15winnows all evil with his eyes.
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16Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?
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17Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
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Even a child 18makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.
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19The hearing ear and the seeing eye, 20the LORD has made them both.
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21Love not sleep, lest you 22come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have 23plenty of bread.
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"Bad, bad," says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.
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There is gold and abundance of 24costly stones, 25but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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26Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and 27hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.
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28Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of 29gravel.
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30Plans are established by counsel; by 31wise guidance 32wage war.
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Whoever 33goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with 34a simple babbler.
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35If one curses his father or his mother, 36his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
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37An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
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Do not say, 38"I will repay evil"; 39wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.
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40Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and 41false scales are not good.
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A man's 42steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
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It is a snare to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only 43after making vows.
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A wise king 44winnows the wicked and drives 45the wheel over them.
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46The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, 47searching all 48his innermost parts.