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Proverbs - ch 14 v 1 - 20
- Every wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.
- He who walks in his uprightness fears Yahweh, but he who is perverse in his ways despises him.
- The fool's talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.
- Where no oxen are, the crib is clean, but much increase is by the strength of the ox.
- A truthful witness will not lie, but a false witness pours out lies.
- A scoffer seeks wisdom, and doesn't find it, but knowledge comes easily to a discerning person.
- Stay away from a foolish man, for you won't find knowledge on his lips.
- The wisdom of the prudent is to think about his way, but the folly of fools is deceit.
- Fools mock at making atonement for sins, but among the upright there is good will.
- The heart knows its own bitterness and joy; he will not share these with a stranger.
- The house of the wicked will be overthrown, but the tent of the upright will flourish.
- There is a way which seems right to a man, but in the end it leads to death.
- Even in laughter the heart may be sorrowful, and mirth may end in heaviness.
- The unfaithful will be repaid for his own ways; likewise a good man will be rewarded for his ways.
- A simple man believes everything, but the prudent man carefully considers his ways.
- A wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is hotheaded and reckless.
- He who is quick to become angry will commit folly, and a crafty man is hated.
- The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
- The evil bow down before the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
- The poor person is shunned even by his own neighbor, but the rich person has many friends.
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