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📚Every wise✭ woman builds her house, but the foolish✭ pulls it down with her hands.
2 📚He who walks in his uprightness
fears✭ the LORD,
but he who is perverse
in his ways despises✭ him.
3 📚In the mouth of the foolish is
a rod of pride,
but the lips of the wise will preserve them.
4 📚Where there are no oxen
the manger is clean,
but much increase comes
by the strength of the ox.
5 📚A faithful witness will not lie,
but a false witness will utter lies✭.
6 📚A scorner✭ seeks wisdom
but does not find it,
but knowledge is easy to him
who has understanding.
7 📚Leave the presence of a foolish man,
when you do not see the lips
of knowledge in him.
8 📚The wisdom of the prudent is
to understand his way,
but the folly of fools is deceit✭.
9 📚Fools make a mock✭ at sin,
but among the righteous there is
good will.
10 📚The heart knows its own bitterness,
and a stranger does not share its joy.
11 📚The house of the wicked will be
overthrown,
but the tent of the upright will flourish.
12 📚✭There is a way which seems right
to a man,
but its end is the way of death.
13 📚Even in laughter the heart may be
sorrowful,
and the end of that joy may be grief.
14 📚✭The backslider in heart will be filled
with his own ways,
and a good man will find satisfaction
with his.
15 📚✭The simple believes every word,
but the prudent man considers
his steps.
16 📚✭A wise person fears and
departs from evil,
but the fool confidently rushes ahead.
17 📚He who becomes angry
quickly deals foolishly,
and a man who devises evil is hated.
18 📚The simple inherit folly,
but the prudent are crowned
with knowledge.
19 📚✭The evil will bow before the good,
and the wicked at the gates
of the righteous.
20 📚✭The poor is hated even
by his own neighbour,
but the rich has many friends.
21 📚He who despises his neighbour✭ sins,
but happy is he who has mercy
on the poor✭.
22 📚Do those who devise evil✭ not go astray?
But those who plan good will find✭
mercy and truth.
23 📚✭In all labour there is profit,
but the talk of the lips results
only in poverty.
24 📚The crown of the wise is
their riches,
but the foolishness of fools is folly.
25 📚✭A true witness rescues souls,
but a deceitful witness speaks lies.
26 📚✭In the fear of the LORD is
strong confidence,
and his children will have a place of refuge.
27 📚✭The fear of the LORD is
a fountain of life,
turning people aside from
the snares of death.
28 📚A large population is
the king’s glory,
but a lack of people is the ruin
of the prince.
29 📚He who is slow to get angry✭ has
great understanding,
but he who is quick-tempered
exalts folly.
30 📚✭A sound heart is the life
of the body,
but envy the rottenness of the bones.
31 📚✭He who oppresses the poor
insults his Maker,
but he who honours him has mercy
on the needy.
32 📚The wicked is overthrown
by his wickedness,
but the righteous has hope in his death.
33 📚Wisdom rests in the heart of him
who has understanding,
but the heart of fools becomes known.
34 📚✭Righteousness exalts a nation,
but sin is a reproach to any people.
35 📚✭The king shows favour
to a wise servant,
but his wrath is against him
who causes shame.