¹ Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge:

but he that hateth reproof is brutish.

² A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD:

but a man of wicked devices will he 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 honoureth himself, and lacketh 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 recompence of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him.

¹⁵ The way of a fool is right in his own eyes:

but he that hearkeneth unto counsel is wise.

¹⁶ A fool's wrath is presently known:

but a prudent man covereth shame.

¹⁷ He that speaketh truth sheweth 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 counsellors 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 maketh it stoop:

but a good word maketh it glad.

²⁶ The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour:

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 pathway thereof there is no death.

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