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📚✭A gentle answer turns away wrath,but harsh words stir up anger.
2 📚The tongue of the wise uses
knowledge rightly,
but the mouth of fools pours out foolishness.
3 📚The eyes of the LORD are
in every place,
seeing the evil and the good.
4 📚A wholesome tongue is
a tree of life,
but crookedness in it crushes the spirit.
5 📚✭A fool despises his father’s instruction,
but he who has regard
for correction is prudent.
6 📚✭In the house of the righteous is
much treasure,
but in the income of the wicked is trouble.
7 📚The lips of the wise disperse knowledge,
but the heart of the foolish is not so.
8 📚The sacrifice of the wicked✭ is
an abomination to the LORD,
but the prayer of the upright✭ is
his delight.
9 📚The way✭ of the wicked is
an abomination to the LORD,
but he loves him who follows righteousness✭.
10 📚✭Correction is grievous to him
who forsakes the way,
and he who hates discipline will die.
11 📚Hell and destruction✭ lie open before
the LORD;
how much more then the hearts
of the children of men?
12 📚A scorner does not love one
who corrects him,
nor will he go to the wise.
13 📚A merry heart makes
a cheerful countenance,
but sorrow of heart crushes the spirit.
14 📚The heart of the one who has
understanding seeks knowledge,
but the mouth of fools feeds on foolishness.
15 📚All the days of the afflicted are bad,
but he who has a merry heart has
a continual feast✭.
16 📚✭Better is little with
the fear of the LORD than great treasure
and trouble with it.
17 📚Better a dinner of vegetables
where there is love✭ than a fattened ox
and hatred with it.
18 📚An angry man stirs up strife,
but he who is slow to get
angry calms strife.
19 📚✭The way of the lazy person
is like a hedge of thorns,
but the way of the upright is
made plain.
20 📚A wise son makes a glad father,
but a foolish man despises his mother.
21 📚Folly is joy to him who is
destitute of wisdom,
but a man of understanding walks uprightly.
22 📚Without counsel plans meet
with disappointment,
but with many counsellors
they are fulfilled.
23 📚A man has joy by the proper
answer of his mouth,
and how good is a timely word✭!
24 📚✭The way of life leads upward
for the wise,
that he may keep from the realm
of the dead✭ below.
25 📚The LORD will destroy the house of the proud,
but he will establish the boundary of the widow.
26 📚The thoughts of the wicked are
an abomination✭ to the LORD,
but the words of the pure are
pleasing✭ to him.
27 📚He who is greedy✭ for profit troubles
his own house,
but he who hates bribes✭ will live.
28 📚The heart of the righteous studies
to answer,
but the mouth of the wicked pours
out evil things.
29 📚The LORD is far from the wicked,
but he hears✭ the prayer of the righteous.
30 📚The light of the eyes rejoices the heart,
and good news brings fat
to the bones.
31 📚The ear that listens to the correction
of life abides among the wise.
32 📚He who refuses instruction despises
his own soul✭,
but he who heeds correction gets
understanding.
33 📚The fear✭ of the LORD is
the instruction of wisdom,
and before honour is humility✭.