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📚A wise son listens to his father’s instruction,but a scorner does not listen to rebuke.
2 📚A man will enjoy good by the fruit of his mouth,
but the soul of transgressors feeds on violence.
3 📚He who keeps his mouth keeps his life,
but he who opens wide his lips will come to ruin.
4 📚The soul of the lazy man desires but has nothing,
but the soul of the diligent will prosper.
5 📚A righteous man hates lying,
but a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.
6 📚Righteousness keeps him who is upright in the way,
but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
7 📚✭There is one who pretends to be rich,
yet who has nothing;
there is one who pretends to be poor,
yet who has great riches.
8 📚✭A man’s riches may be the ransom for his life,
but the poor hears no threat.
9 📚The light of the righteous✭ rejoices,
but the lamp✭ of the wicked will be put out.
10 📚Only by pride comes strife✭,
but with the well-advised is wisdom.
11 📚Wealth gotten by dishonesty will dwindle away,
but he who gathers by labour will increase.
12 📚Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
but the desire fulfilled is a tree of life✭.
13 📚Whoever despises✭ the word will be destroyed,
but he who fears the commandment will be rewarded✭.
14 📚✭The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,
turning people aside from the snares of death.
15 📚✭Good understanding gains favour,
but the way of the transgressor is hard.
16 📚Every prudent man deals with knowledge,
but a fool exposes his folly.
17 📚A wicked messenger falls into trouble,
but a faithful ambassador brings health.
18 📚Poverty and shame will be to him who refuses instruction,
but he who has regard for correction will be honoured.
19 📚✭The desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul,
but departing from evil is an abomination to fools.
20 📚✭He who walks with wise men will become wise,
but a companion of fools will be destroyed.
21 📚Trouble pursues✭ sinners,
but good will be the reward of the righteous.
22 📚A good man leaves an inheritance to his children’s children,
and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the just✭.
23 📚Abundant food is in the plowed land of the poor,
but lack of justice sweeps it away.
24 📚✭He who does not use his rod hates his son,
but he who loves him disciplines him carefully.
25 📚The righteous eats to his heart’s satisfaction,
but the stomach of the wicked will be in want.