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[1] Better is a dry morsel with quiet
than a house full of feasting with strife.
[2] A slave who deals wisely will rule over a son who acts shamefully,
and will share the inheritance as one of the brothers.
[3] The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,
and the LORD tries hearts.
[4] An evildoer listens to wicked lips;
and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.
[5] He who mocks the poor insults his Maker;
he who is glad at calamity will not go unpunished.
[6] Grandchildren are the crown of the aged,
and the glory of sons is their fathers.
[7] Fine speech is not becoming to a fool;
still less is false speech to a prince.
[8] A bribe is like a magic stone in the eyes of him who gives it;
wherever he turns he prospers.
[9] He who forgives an offense seeks love,
but he who repeats a matter alienates a friend.
[10] A rebuke goes deeper into a man of understanding
than a hundred blows into a fool.
[11] An evil man seeks only rebellion,
and a cruel messenger will be sent against him.
[12] Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs,
rather than a fool in his folly.
[13] If a man returns evil for good,
evil will not depart from his house.
[14] The beginning of strife is like letting out water;
so quit before the quarrel breaks out.
[15] He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous
are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
[16] Why should a fool have a price in his hand to buy wisdom,
when he has no mind?
[17] A friend loves at all times,
and a brother is born for adversity.
[18] A man without sense gives a pledge,
and becomes surety in the presence of his neighbor.
[19] He who loves transgression loves strife;
he who makes his door high seeks destruction.
[20] A man of crooked mind does not prosper,
and one with a perverse tongue falls into calamity.
[21] A stupid son is a grief to a father;
and the father of a fool has no joy.
[22] A cheerful heart is a good medicine,
but a downcast spirit dries up the bones.
[23] A wicked man accepts a bribe from the bosom
to pervert the ways of justice.
[24] A man of understanding sets his face toward wisdom,
but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
[25] A foolish son is a grief to his father
and bitterness to her who bore him.
[26] To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good;
to flog noble men is wrong.
[27] He who restrains his words has knowledge,
and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
[28] Even a fool who keeps silent is considered wise;
when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.
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