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1 - Whoever loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish.

2 - A good [man] obtaineth favor from the LORD: but a man of wicked devices he will condemn.

3 - A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved.

4 - A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones.

5 - The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit.

6 - The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them.

7 - The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand.

8 - A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.

9 - [He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoreth himself, and is destitute of bread.

10 - A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel.

11 - He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding.

12 - The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]: but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit].

13 - The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble.

14 - A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of [his] mouth: and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered to him.

15 - The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth to counsel [is] wise.

16 - A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame.

17 - [He that] speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness: but a false witness, deceit.

18 - There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health.

19 - The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment.

20 - Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counselors of peace [is] joy.

21 - There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

22 - Lying lips [are] abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly [are] his delight.

23 - A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.

24 - The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.

25 - Heaviness in the heart of man depresseth it: but a good word maketh it glad.

26 - The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbor: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.

27 - The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious.

28 - In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the path [of it there is] no death.