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1. Wise women build houses: but a foolish one digs hers down with her hands.
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1. Every wise H2454 woman H802 buildeth H1129 her house H1004 : but the foolish H200 plucketh it down H2040 with her hands H3027 .
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2. He that walks uprightly fears the Lord; but he that is perverse in his ways shall be dishonoured.
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2. He that walketh H1980 in his uprightness H3476 feareth H3372 the LORD H3068 : but he that is perverse H3868 in his ways H1870 despiseth H959 him.
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3. Out of the mouth of fools comes a rod of pride; but the lips of the wise preserve them.
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3. In the mouth H6310 of the foolish H191 is a rod H2415 of pride H1346 : but the lips H8193 of the wise H2450 shall preserve H8104 them.
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4. Where no oxen are, the cribs are clean; but where there is abundant produce, the strength of the ox is apparent.
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4. Where no H369 oxen H504 are , the crib H18 is clean H1249 : but much H7230 increase H8393 is by the strength H3581 of the ox H7794 .
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5. A faithful witness does not lie; but an unjust witness kindles falsehoods.
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5. A faithful H529 witness H5707 will not H3808 lie H3576 : but a false H8267 witness H5707 will utter H6315 lies H3577 .
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6. Thou shalt seek wisdom with bad men, and shalt not find it; but discretion is easily available with the prudent.
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6. A scorner H3887 seeketh H1245 wisdom H2451 , and findeth it not H369 : but knowledge H1847 is easy H7043 unto him that understandeth H995 .
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7. All things are adverse to a foolish man; but wise lips are the weapons of discretion.
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7. Go H1980 from the presence H4480 H5048 of a foolish H3684 man H376 , when thou perceivest H3045 not H1077 in him the lips H8193 of knowledge H1847 .
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8. The wisdom of the prudent will understand their ways; but the folly of fools leads astray.
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8. The wisdom H2451 of the prudent H6175 is to understand H995 his way H1870 : but the folly H200 of fools H3684 is deceit H4820 .
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9. The houses of transgressors Gr. shall owe; See Job 6:21 will need purification; but the houses of the just are acceptable.
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9. Fools H191 make a mock H3887 at sin H817 : but among H996 the righteous H3477 there is favor H7522 .
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10. If a man’s Or, heart be sensitive mind is intelligent, his soul is sorrowful; and when he rejoices, he has no fellowship with pride.
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10. The heart H3820 knoweth H3045 his own H5315 bitterness H4787 ; and a stranger H2114 doth not H3808 intermeddle H6148 with his joy H8057 .
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11. The houses of ungodly men shall be utterly destroyed; but the tabernacles of them that walk uprightly shall stand.
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11. The house H1004 of the wicked H7563 shall be overthrown H8045 : but the tabernacle H168 of the upright H3477 shall flourish H6524 .
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12. There is a way which seems to be right with men, but the ends of it Gr. come reach to the depths of hell.
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12. There is H3426 a way H1870 which seemeth right H3477 unto H6440 a man H376 , but the end H319 thereof are the ways H1870 of death H4194 .
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13. Grief mingles not with mirth; and joy in the end comes to grief.
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13. Even H1571 in laughter H7814 the heart H3820 is sorrowful H3510 ; and the end H319 of that mirth H8057 is heaviness H8424 .
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14. A Lit. bold-hearted stout-hearted man shall be filled with his own ways; and a good man with his own thoughts.
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14. The backslider H5472 in heart H3820 shall be filled H7646 with his own ways H4480 H1870 : and a good H2896 man H376 shall be satisfied from H4480 H5921 himself.
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15. The simple believes every word: but the prudent man betakes himself to after-thought.
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15. The simple H6612 believeth H539 every H3605 word H1697 : but the prudent H6175 man looketh well H995 to his going H838 .
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16. A wise man fears, and departs from evil; but the fool trusts in himself, and joins himself with the transgressor.
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16. A wise H2450 man feareth H3373 , and departeth H5493 from evil H4480 H7451 : but the fool H3684 rageth H5674 , and is confident H982 .
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17. A passionate man acts inconsiderately; but a sensible man bears up under many things.
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17. He that is soon H7116 angry H639 dealeth H6213 foolishly H200 : and a man H376 of wicked devices H4209 is hated H8130 .
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18. Fools shall have mischief for their portion; but the prudent shall take fast hold of understanding.
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18. The simple H6612 inherit H5157 folly H200 : but the prudent H6175 are crowned H3803 with knowledge H1847 .
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19. Evil men shall fall before the good; and the ungodly shall attend at the gates of the righteous.
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19. The evil H7451 bow H7817 before H6440 the good H2896 ; and the wicked H7563 at H5921 the gates H8179 of the righteous H6662 .
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20. Friends will hate poor friends; but the friends of the rich are many.
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20. The poor H7326 is hated H8130 even H1571 of his own neighbor H7453 : but the rich H6223 hath many H7227 friends H157 .
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21. He that dishonours the needy sins: but he that has pity on the poor is most blessed.
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21. He that despiseth H936 his neighbor H7453 sinneth H2398 : but he that hath mercy on H2603 the poor H6035 , happy H835 is he.
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22. They that go astray devise evils: but the good devise mercy and truth. The framers of evil do not understand mercy and truth: but compassion and faithfulness are with the framers of good.
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22. Do they not H3808 err H8582 that devise H2790 evil H7451 ? but mercy H2617 and truth H571 shall be to them that devise H2790 good H2896 .
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23. With every one who is careful there is abundance: but the pleasure-taking and indolent shall be in want.
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23. In all H3605 labor H6089 there is H1961 profit H4195 : but the talk H1697 of the lips H8193 tendeth only H389 to penury H4270 .
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24. A prudent man is the crown of the wise: but the occupation of fools is evil.
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24. The crown H5850 of the wise H2450 is their riches H6239 : but the foolishness H200 of fools H3684 is folly H200 .
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25. A faithful witness shall deliver a soul from evil: but a deceitful man kindles falsehoods.
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25. A true H571 witness H5707 delivereth H5337 souls H5315 : but a deceitful H4820 witness speaketh H6315 lies H3577 .
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26. In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence: and he leaves his children a support.
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26. In the fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 is strong H5797 confidence H4009 : and his children H1121 shall have H1961 a place of refuge H4268 .
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27. The commandment of the Lord is a fountain of life; and it causes men to turn aside from the snare of death.
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27. The fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 is a fountain H4726 of life H2416 , to depart H5493 from the snares H4480 H4170 of death H4194 .
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28. In a populous nation is the glory of a king: but in the failure of people is the ruin of a prince.
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28. In the multitude H7230 of people H5971 is the king H4428 's honor H1927 : but in the want H657 of people H3816 is the destruction H4288 of the prince H7333 .
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29. A man slow to wrath abounds in wisdom: but a man of impatient spirit is very foolish.
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29. He that is slow H750 to wrath H639 is of great H7227 understanding H8394 : but he that is hasty H7116 of spirit H7307 exalteth H7311 folly H200 .
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30. A meek-spirited man is a healer of the heart: but a sensitive heart is a corruption of the bones.
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30. A sound H4832 heart H3820 is the life H2416 of the flesh H1320 : but envy H7068 the rottenness H7538 of the bones H6106 .
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31. He that oppresses the needy provokes his Maker: but he that honours him has pity upon the poor.
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31. He that oppresseth H6231 the poor H1800 reproacheth H2778 his Maker H6213 : but he that honoreth H3513 him hath mercy H2603 on the poor H34 .
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32. The ungodly shall be driven away in his wickedness: but Comp. Heb. he who is secure in his own holiness is just.
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32. The wicked H7563 is driven away H1760 in his wickedness H7451 : but the righteous H6662 hath hope H2620 in his death H4194 .
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33. There is wisdom in the good heart of a man: but in the heart of fools it is not discerned.
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33. Wisdom H2451 resteth H5117 in the heart H3820 of him that hath understanding H995 : but that which is in the midst H7130 of fools H3684 is made known H3045 .
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34. Righteousness exalts a nation: but sins diminish tribes.
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34. Righteousness H6666 exalteth H7311 a nation H1471 : but sin H2403 is a reproach H2617 to any people H3816 .
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35. An understanding servant is acceptable to a king; and by his good behaviour he removes disgrace.
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35. The king H4428 's favor H7522 is toward a wise H7919 servant H5650 : but his wrath H5678 is H1961 against him that causeth shame H954 .
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