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Proverbs - ch 16 v 21 - 33
- The wise-hearted will be named men of good sense: and by pleasing words learning is increased.
- Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it; but the punishment of the foolish is their foolish behaviour.
- The heart of the wise man is the teacher of his mouth, and gives increased learning to his lips.
- Pleasing words are like honey, sweet to the soul and new life to the bones.
- There is a way which seems straight before a man, but its end is the ways of death.
- The desire of the working man is working for him, for his need of food is driving him on.
- A good-for-nothing man is a designer of evil, and in his lips there is a burning fire.
- A man of twisted purposes is a cause of fighting everywhere: and he who says evil secretly makes trouble between friends.
- A violent man puts desire of evil into his neighbour's mind, and makes him go in a way which is not good.
- He whose eyes are shut is a man of twisted purposes, and he who keeps his lips shut tight makes evil come about.
- The grey head is a crown of glory, if it is seen in the way of righteousness.
- He who is slow to be angry is better than a man of war, and he who has control over his spirit than he who takes a town.
- A thing may be put to the decision of chance, but it comes about through the Lord.
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