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1 A FALSE balance is an abomination to theLord: but a just weight is his delight. 2 When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom. 3 The integrity of the upright shall guide them: but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them. 4 Riches profit not in the day of […]

1 Whoso loveth correction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is brutish. 2 A good man shall obtain favour of theLord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn. 3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall never be moved. 4 A virtuous woman is […]

1 A WISE sonhearethhis father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke. 2 A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the treacherousshall eatviolence. 3 He that guardeth his mouth keepeth his life:buthe that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction. 4 The soul of the sluggard desireth, […]

1 Every wise woman buildeth her house: but the foolish plucketh it down with her own hands. 2 He that walketh in his uprightness feareth theLord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him. 3 In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lips of the wise shall […]

1 A SOFT answer turneth away wrath: but a grievous word stirreth up anger. 2 The tongue of the wise uttereth knowledge aright: but the mouth of fools poureth out folly. 3 The eyes of theLordare in every place, keeping watch upon the evil and the good. 4 A wholesome tongue is a tree of […]

1 The preparations of the heart belong to man: but the answer of the tongue is from theLord. 2 All the ways of a man are clean in his own eyes: but theLordweigheth the spirits. 3 Commit thy works unto theLord, and thy thoughts shall be established. 4 TheLordhath made every thing for its own […]

1 Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than an house full of feasting with strife. 2 A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that causeth shame, and shall have part in the inheritance among the brethren. 3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but […]

1 He that separateth himself seekethhis owndesire, and rageth against all sound wisdom. 2 A fool hath no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may reveal itself. 3 When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt, and with ignominy cometh reproach. 4 The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters; the […]

1 Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity than he that perverse in his lips and is a fool. 2 Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth. 3 The foolishness of man subverteth his way; and his heart fretteth against theLord. 4 […]

1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; and whosoever erreth thereby is not wise. 2 The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinnethagainsthis own life. 3 It is an honour for a man to keep aloof from strife: but every fool will […]