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📚Whoever loves instructionloves knowledge,
but he who hates correction✭ is stupid✭.
2 📚A good man obtains favour
from the LORD,
but he will condemn a man who devises evil.
3 📚A man will not be established
by wickedness,
but the root of the righteous will not be shaken.
4 📚A virtuous woman is a crown
to her husband,
but she who makes him ashamed is
like rottenness in his bones.
5 📚✭The thoughts of the righteous are right,
but the counsels of the wicked
are deceitful.
6 📚The words of the wicked lie
in wait for blood,
but the mouth of the upright will
rescue them.
7 📚The wicked are overthrown,
and are no more, but the house
of the righteous will stand.
8 📚A man will be commended according
to his wisdom,
but he who has a perverse heart
will be despised.
9 📚He who is despised and
has a servant is better off than
he who honours himself and lacks bread.
10 📚✭A righteous man has regard
for the life of his beast,
but the tender mercies
of the wicked are cruel.
11 📚He who tills his land will have
an abundance of bread,
but he who follows vain things
lacks understanding.
12 📚The wicked desires the plunder
of evil men, but the root
of the righteous yields fruit.
13 📚The wicked is ensnared by
the transgression of his lips,
but the just will come out of trouble.
14 📚✭A man will be satisfied with good
by the fruit of his mouth,
and the reward of a man’s hands will be
given to him.
15 📚The way of a fool is right✭
in his own eyes,
but he who listens to counsel is wise.
16 📚✭A fool’s wrath becomes known at once,
but a prudent man conceals dishonour.
17 📚He who speaks truth declares
what is right,
but a false witness deceit.
18 📚There is speaking that pierces like a sword✭,
but the tongue of the wise brings health✭.
19 📚✭The truthful lip will be established forever,
but a lying tongue is but for a moment.
20 📚Deceit is in the heart
of those who plan evil,
but joy is in the counsellors of peace.
21 📚No harm✭ happens to the just,
but the wicked will be filled with trouble.
22 📚Lying lips are detestable✭
to the LORD,
but they who deal truly are his delight.
23 📚A prudent man conceals knowledge,
but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.
24 📚The hand of the diligent will rule,
but the lazy will be under forced labour.
25 📚Anxiety in the heart of man weighs it down,
but a good word makes it glad.
26 📚The righteous finds the best way for
his neighbour,
but the way of the wicked seduces them.
27 📚The lazy man does not roast✭
what he gets in hunting,
but the possessions of a diligent man
are precious.
28 📚✭In the way of righteousness is life,
and in its pathway there is
no death.