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1. It is better to eat a dry crust of bread in peace than to have a feast where there is quarreling.
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1. Better H2896 is a dry H2720 morsel H6595 , and quietness H7962 therewith , than a house H4480 H1004 full H4392 of sacrifices H2077 with strife H7379 .
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2. A wise servant will rule over the master's disgraceful child and will even inherit a share of what the master leaves his children.
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2. A wise H7919 servant H5650 shall have rule H4910 over a son H1121 that causeth shame H954 , and shall have part H2505 of the inheritance H5159 among H8432 the brethren H251 .
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3. A hot furnace tests silver and gold, but the Lord tests hearts.
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3. The refining pot H4715 is for silver H3701 , and the furnace H3564 for gold H2091 : but the LORD H3068 trieth H974 the hearts H3826 .
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4. Evil people listen to evil words. Liars pay attention to cruel words.
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4. A wicked doer H7489 giveth heed H7181 to H5921 false H205 lips H8193 ; and a liar H8267 giveth ear H238 to H5921 a naughty H1942 tongue H3956 .
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5. Whoever mistreats the poor insults their Maker; whoever enjoys someone's trouble will be punished.
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5. Whoso mocketh H3932 the poor H7326 reproacheth H2778 his Maker H6213 : and he that is glad H8056 at calamities H343 shall not H3808 be unpunished H5352 .
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6. Old people are proud of their grandchildren, and children are proud of their parents.
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6. Children H1121 's children H1121 are the crown H5850 of old men H2205 ; and the glory H8597 of children H1121 are their fathers H1 .
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7. Fools should not be proud, and rulers should not be liars.
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7. Excellent H3499 speech H8193 becometh H5000 not H3808 a fool H5036 : much less H637 H3588 do lying H8267 lips H8193 a prince H5081 .
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8. Some people think they can pay others to do anything they ask. They think it will work every time.
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8. A gift H7810 is as a precious H2580 stone H68 in the eyes H5869 of him that hath H1167 it: whithersoever H413 H3605 H834 it turneth H6437 , it prospereth H7919 .
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9. Whoever forgives someone's sin makes a friend, but gossiping about the sin breaks up friendships.
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9. He that covereth H3680 a transgression H6588 seeketh H1245 love H160 ; but he that repeateth H8138 a matter H1697 separateth H6504 very friends H441 .
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10. A wise person will learn more from a warning than a fool will learn from a hundred lashings.
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10. A reproof H1606 entereth more H5181 into a wise H995 man than a hundred H3967 stripes H4480 H5221 into a fool H3684 .
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11. Disobedient people look only for trouble, so a cruel messenger will be sent against them.
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11. An evil H7451 man seeketh H1245 only H389 rebellion H4805 : therefore a cruel H394 messenger H4397 shall be sent H7971 against him.
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12. It is better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than to meet a fool doing foolish things.
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12. Let a bear H1677 robbed H7909 of her whelps meet H6298 a man H376 , rather H408 than a fool H3684 in his folly H200 .
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13. Whoever gives evil in return for good will always have trouble at home.
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13. Whoso rewardeth H7725 evil H7451 for H8478 good H2896 , evil H7451 shall not H3808 depart H4185 from his house H4480 H1004 .
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14. Starting a quarrel is like a leak in a dam, so stop it before a fight breaks out.
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14. The beginning H7225 of strife H4066 is as when one letteth out H6362 water H4325 : therefore leave off H5203 contention H7379 , before H6440 it be meddled with H1566 .
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15. The Lord hates both of these things: freeing the guilty and punishing the innocent.
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15. He that justifieth H6663 the wicked H7563 , and he that condemneth H7561 the just H6662 , even H1571 they both H8147 are abomination H8441 to the LORD H3068 .
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16. It won't do a fool any good to try to buy wisdom, because he doesn't have the ability to be wise.
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16. Wherefore H4100 H2088 is there a price H4242 in the hand H3027 of a fool H3684 to get H7069 wisdom H2451 , seeing he hath no H369 heart H3820 to it ?
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17. A friend loves you all the time, and a brother helps in time of trouble.
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17. A friend H7453 loveth H157 at all H3605 times H6256 , and a brother H251 is born H3205 for adversity H6869 .
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18. It is not wise to promise to pay what your neighbor owes.
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18. A man H120 void H2638 of understanding H3820 striketh H8628 hands H3709 , and becometh H6148 surety H6161 in the presence H6440 of his friend H7453 .
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19. Whoever loves to argue loves to sin. Whoever brags a lot is asking for trouble.
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19. He loveth H157 transgression H6588 that loveth H157 strife H4683 : and he that exalteth H1361 his gate H6607 seeketh H1245 destruction H7667 .
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20. A person with an evil heart will find no success, and the person whose words are evil will get into trouble.
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20. He that hath a froward H6141 heart H3820 findeth H4672 no H3808 good H2896 : and he that hath a perverse H2015 tongue H3956 falleth H5307 into mischief H7451 .
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21. It is sad to have a foolish child; there is no joy in being the parent of a fool.
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21. He that begetteth H3205 a fool H3684 doeth it to his sorrow H8424 : and the father H1 of a fool H5036 hath no H3808 joy H8055 .
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22. A happy heart is like good medicine, but a broken spirit drains your strength.
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22. A merry H8056 heart H3820 doeth good H3190 like a medicine H1456 : but a broken H5218 spirit H7307 drieth H3001 the bones H1634 .
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23. When the wicked accept money to do wrong there can be no justice.
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23. A wicked H7563 man taketh H3947 a gift H7810 out of the bosom H4480 H2436 to pervert H5186 the ways H734 of judgment H4941 .
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24. The person with understanding is always looking for wisdom, but the mind of a fool wanders everywhere.
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24. Wisdom H2451 is before H854 H6440 him that hath understanding H995 ; but the eyes H5869 of a fool H3684 are in the ends H7097 of the earth H776 .
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25. A foolish son makes his father sad and causes his mother great sorrow.
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25. A foolish H3684 son H1121 is a grief H3708 to his father H1 , and bitterness H4470 to her that bore H3205 him.
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26. It is not good to punish the innocent or to beat leaders for being honest.
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26. Also H1571 to punish H6064 the just H6662 is not H3808 good H2896 , nor to strike H5221 princes H5081 for H5921 equity H3476 .
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27. The smart person says very little, and one with understanding stays calm.
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27. He that hath knowledge H3045 H1847 spareth H2820 his words H561 : and a man H376 of understanding H8394 is of an excellent H3368 spirit H7307 .
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28. Even fools seem to be wise if they keep quiet; if they don't speak, they appear to understand.
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28. Even H1571 a fool H191 , when he holdeth his peace H2790 , is counted H2803 wise H2450 : and he that shutteth H331 his lips H8193 is esteemed a man of understanding H995 .
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