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1. Better to be poor and honest than to be dishonest and a fool.
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1. Better H2896 is the poor H7326 that walketh H1980 in his integrity H8537 , than he that is perverse H4480 H6141 in his lips H8193 , and is a fool H3684 .
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2. Enthusiasm without knowledge is no good; haste makes mistakes.
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2. Also H1571 , that the soul H5315 be without H3808 knowledge H1847 , it is not H3808 good H2896 ; and he that hasteth H213 with his feet H7272 sinneth H2398 .
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3. People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the LORD.
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3. The foolishness H200 of man H120 perverteth H5557 his way H1870 : and his heart H3820 fretteth H2196 against H5921 the LORD H3068 .
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4. Wealth makes many "friends"; poverty drives them all away.
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4. Wealth H1952 maketh H3254 many H7227 friends H7453 ; but the poor H1800 is separated H6504 from his neighbor H4480 H7453 .
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5. A false witness will not go unpunished, nor will a liar escape.
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5. A false H8267 witness H5707 shall not H3808 be unpunished H5352 , and he that speaketh H6315 lies H3577 shall not H3808 escape H4422 .
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6. Many seek favors from a ruler; everyone is the friend of a person who gives gifts!
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6. Many H7227 will entreat H2470 the favor H6440 of the prince H5081 : and every man H3605 is a friend H7453 to him that giveth gifts H376 H4976 .
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7. The relatives of the poor despise them; how much more will their friends avoid them! Though the poor plead with them, their friends are gone.
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7. All H3605 the brethren H251 of the poor H7326 do hate H8130 him : how much more H637 H3588 do his friends H4828 go far H7368 from H4480 him? he pursueth H7291 them with words H561 , yet they H1992 are wanting H3808 to him .
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8. To acquire wisdom is to love oneself; people who cherish understanding will prosper.
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8. He that getteth H7069 wisdom H3820 loveth H157 his own soul H5315 : he that keepeth H8104 understanding H8394 shall find H4672 good H2896 .
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9. A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will be destroyed.
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9. A false H8267 witness H5707 shall not H3808 be unpunished H5352 , and he that speaketh H6315 lies H3577 shall perish H6 .
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10. It isn't right for a fool to live in luxury or for a slave to rule over princes!
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10. Delight H8588 is not H3808 seemly H5000 for a fool H3684 ; much less H637 for H3588 a servant H5650 to have rule H4910 over princes H8269 .
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11. Sensible people control their temper; they earn respect by overlooking wrongs.
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11. The discretion H7922 of a man H120 deferreth H748 his anger H639 ; and it is his glory H8597 to pass H5674 over H5921 a transgression H6588 .
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12. The king's anger is like a lion's roar, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
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12. The king H4428 's wrath H2197 is as the roaring H5099 of a lion H3715 ; but his favor H7522 is as dew H2919 upon H5921 the grass H6212 .
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13. A foolish child is a calamity to a father; a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.
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13. A foolish H3684 son H1121 is the calamity H1942 of his father H1 : and the contentions H4079 of a wife H802 are a continual H2956 dropping H1812 .
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14. Fathers can give their sons an inheritance of houses and wealth, but only the LORD can give an understanding wife.
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14. House H1004 and riches H1952 are the inheritance H5159 of fathers H1 : and a prudent H7919 wife H802 is from the LORD H4480 H3068 .
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15. Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves them hungry.
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15. Slothfulness H6103 casteth H5307 into a deep sleep H8639 ; and an idle H7423 soul H5315 shall suffer hunger H7456 .
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16. Keep the commandments and keep your life; despising them leads to death.
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16. He that keepeth H8104 the commandment H4687 keepeth H8104 his own soul H5315 ; but he that despiseth H959 his ways H1870 shall die H4191 .
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17. If you help the poor, you are lending to the LORD-- and he will repay you!
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17. He that hath pity H2603 upon the poor H1800 lendeth H3867 unto the LORD H3068 ; and that which he hath given H1576 will he pay him again H7999 .
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18. Discipline your children while there is hope. Otherwise you will ruin their lives.
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18. Chasten H3256 thy son H1121 while H3588 there is H3426 hope H8615 , and let not H408 thy soul H5315 spare H5375 for H413 his crying H4191 .
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19. Hot-tempered people must pay the penalty. If you rescue them once, you will have to do it again.
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19. A man of great H1419 wrath H2534 shall suffer H5375 punishment H6066 : for H3588 if H518 thou deliver H5337 him , yet H5750 thou must do it again H3254 .
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20. Get all the advice and instruction you can, so you will be wise the rest of your life.
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20. Hear H8085 counsel H6098 , and receive H6901 instruction H4148 , that H4616 thou mayest be wise H2449 in thy latter H319 end.
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21. You can make many plans, but the LORD's purpose will prevail.
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21. There are many H7227 devices H4284 in a man H376 's heart H3820 ; nevertheless the counsel H6098 of the LORD H3068 , that H1931 shall stand H6965 .
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22. Loyalty makes a person attractive. It is better to be poor than dishonest.
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22. The desire H8378 of a man H120 is his kindness H2617 : and a poor H7326 man H4480 H376 is better H2896 than a liar H3577 .
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23. Fear of the LORD leads to life, bringing security and protection from harm.
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23. The fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 tendeth to life H2416 : and he that hath it shall abide H3885 satisfied H7649 ; he shall not H1077 be visited H6485 with evil H7451 .
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24. Lazy people take food in their hand but don't even lift it to their mouth.
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24. A slothful H6102 man hideth H2934 his hand H3027 in his bosom H6747 , and will not H3808 so much H1571 as bring it to his mouth again H413 H6310 H7725 .
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25. If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded will learn a lesson; if you correct the wise, they will be all the wiser.
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25. Smite H5221 a scorner H3887 , and the simple H6612 will beware H6191 : and reprove H3198 one that hath understanding H995 , and he will understand H995 knowledge H1847 .
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26. Children who mistreat their father or chase away their mother are an embarrassment and a public disgrace.
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26. He that wasteth H7703 his father H1 , and chaseth away H1272 his mother H517 , is a son H1121 that causeth shame H954 , and bringeth reproach H2659 .
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27. If you stop listening to instruction, my child, you will turn your back on knowledge.
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27. Cease H2308 , my son H1121 , to hear H8085 the instruction H4148 that causeth to err H7686 from the words H4480 H561 of knowledge H1847 .
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28. A corrupt witness makes a mockery of justice; the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.
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28. An ungodly H1100 witness H5707 scorneth H3887 judgment H4941 : and the mouth H6310 of the wicked H7563 devoureth H1104 iniquity H205 .
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29. Punishment is made for mockers, and the backs of fools are made to be beaten.
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29. Judgments H8201 are prepared H3559 for scorners H3887 , and stripes H4112 for the back H1460 of fools H3684 .
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