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1. Wise children take their parents' advice, but whoever makes fun of wisdom won't listen to correction.
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1. A wise H2450 son H1121 heareth his father H1 's instruction H4148 : but a scorner H3887 heareth H8085 not H3808 rebuke H1606 .
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2. People will be rewarded for what they say, but those who can't be trusted want only violence.
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2. A man H376 shall eat H398 good H2896 by the fruit H4480 H6529 of his mouth H6310 : but the soul H5315 of the transgressors H898 shall eat violence H2555 .
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3. Those who are careful about what they say protect their lives, but whoever speaks without thinking will be ruined.
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3. He that keepeth H5341 his mouth H6310 keepeth H8104 his life H5315 : but he that openeth wide H6589 his lips H8193 shall have destruction H4288 .
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4. The lazy will not get what they want, but those who work hard will.
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4. The soul H5315 of the sluggard H6102 desireth H183 , and hath nothing H369 : but the soul H5315 of the diligent H2742 shall be made fat H1878 .
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5. Good people hate what is false, but the wicked do shameful and disgraceful things.
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5. A righteous H6662 man hateth H8130 lying H1697 H8267 : but a wicked H7563 man is loathsome H887 , and cometh to shame H2659 .
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6. Doing what is right protects the honest person, but doing evil ruins the sinner.
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6. Righteousness H6666 keepeth H5341 him that is upright H8537 in the way H1870 : but wickedness H7564 overthroweth H5557 the sinner H2403 .
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7. Some people pretend to be rich but really have nothing. Others pretend to be poor but really are wealthy.
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7. There is H3426 that maketh himself rich H6238 , yet hath nothing H369 H3605 : there is that maketh himself poor H7326 , yet hath great H7227 riches H1952 .
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8. The rich may have to pay a ransom for their lives, but the poor will face no such danger.
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8. The ransom H3724 of a man H376 's life H5315 are his riches H6239 : but the poor H7326 heareth H8085 not H3808 rebuke H1606 .
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9. Good people can look forward to a bright future, but the future of the wicked is like a flame going out.
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9. The light H216 of the righteous H6662 rejoiceth H8055 : but the lamp H5216 of the wicked H7563 shall be put out H1846 .
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10. Pride only leads to arguments, but those who take advice are wise.
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10. Only H7535 by pride H2087 cometh H5414 contention H4683 : but with H854 the well advised H3289 is wisdom H2451 .
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11. Money that comes easily disappears quickly, but money that is gathered little by little will grow.
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11. Wealth H1952 gotten by vanity H4480 H1892 shall be diminished H4591 : but he that gathereth H6908 by H5921 labor H3027 shall increase H7235 .
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12. It is sad not to get what you hoped for. But wishes that come true are like eating fruit from the tree of life.
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12. Hope H8431 deferred H4900 maketh the heart H3820 sick H2470 : but when the desire H8378 cometh H935 , it is a tree H6086 of life H2416 .
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13. Those who reject what they are taught will pay for it, but those who obey what they are told will be rewarded.
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13. Whoso despiseth H936 the word H1697 shall be destroyed H2254 : but he H1931 that feareth H3373 the commandment H4687 shall be rewarded H7999 .
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14. The teaching of a wise person gives life. It is like a fountain that can save people from death.
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14. The law H8451 of the wise H2450 is a fountain H4726 of life H2416 , to depart H5493 from the snares H4480 H4170 of death H4194 .
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15. People with good understanding will be well liked, but the lives of those who are not trustworthy are hard.
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15. Good H2896 understanding H7922 giveth H5414 favor H2580 : but the way H1870 of transgressors H898 is hard H386 .
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16. Every wise person acts with good sense, but fools show how foolish they are.
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16. Every H3605 prudent H6175 man dealeth H6213 with knowledge H1847 : but a fool H3684 layeth open H6566 his folly H200 .
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17. A wicked messenger brings nothing but trouble, but a trustworthy one makes everything right.
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17. A wicked H7563 messenger H4397 falleth H5307 into mischief H7451 : but a faithful H529 ambassador H6735 is health H4832 .
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18. A person who refuses correction will end up poor and disgraced, but the one who accepts correction will be honored.
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18. Poverty H7389 and shame H7036 shall be to him that refuseth H6544 instruction H4148 : but he that regardeth H8104 reproof H8433 shall be honored H3513 .
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19. It is so good when wishes come true, but fools hate to stop doing evil.
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19. The desire H8378 accomplished H1961 is sweet H6149 to the soul H5315 : but it is abomination H8441 to fools H3684 to depart H5493 from evil H4480 H7451 .
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20. Spend time with the wise and you will become wise, but the friends of fools will suffer.
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20. He that walketh H1980 with H854 wise H2450 men shall be wise H2449 : but a companion H7462 of fools H3684 shall be destroyed H7321 .
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21. Trouble always comes to sinners, but good people enjoy success.
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21. Evil H7451 pursueth H7291 sinners H2400 : but to the righteous H6662 good H2896 shall be repaid H7999 .
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22. Good people leave their wealth to their grandchildren, but a sinner's wealth is stored up for good people.
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22. A good H2896 man leaveth an inheritance H5157 to his children H1121 's children H1121 : and the wealth H2428 of the sinner H2398 is laid up H6845 for the just H6662 .
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23. A poor person's field might produce plenty of food, but others often steal it away.
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23. Much H7230 food H400 is in the tillage H5215 of the poor H7326 : but there is H3426 that is destroyed H5595 for want H3808 of judgment H4941 .
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24. If you do not punish your children, you don't love them, but if you love your children, you will correct them.
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24. He that spareth H2820 his rod H7626 hateth H8130 his son H1121 : but he that loveth H157 him chasteneth H4148 him quickly H7836 .
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25. Good people have enough to eat, but the wicked will go hungry.
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25. The righteous H6662 eateth H398 to the satisfying H7648 of his soul H5315 : but the belly H990 of the wicked H7563 shall want H2637 .
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