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All a person's ways seem right in his own opinion, but the Lord evaluates the motives.

When a person's ways are pleasing to the Lord , he even reconciles his enemies to himself.

A person plans his course, but the Lord directs his steps.

The divine verdict is in the words of the king, his pronouncements must not act treacherously against justice.

Honest scales and balances are from the Lord ; all the weights in the bag are his handiwork.

In the light of the king's face there is life, and his favor is like the clouds of the spring rain.

The highway of the upright is to turn away from evil; the one who guards his way safeguards his life.

A wise person's heart makes his speech wise and it adds persuasiveness to his words.

A laborer's appetite works on his behalf, for his hunger urges him to work.

A wicked scoundrel digs up evil, and his slander is like a scorching fire.

A violent person entices his neighbor, and leads him down a path that is terrible.

The one who winks his eyes devises perverse things, and one who compresses his lips brings about evil.

Better to be slow to anger than to be a mighty warrior, and one who controls his temper is better than one who captures a city.

The one who mocks the poor insults his Creator; whoever rejoices over disaster will not go unpunished.

It is better for a person to meet a mother bear being robbed of her cubs, than to encounter a fool in his folly.

As for the one who repays evil for good, evil will not leave his house.

The one who lacks wisdom strikes hands in pledge, and puts up financial security for his neighbor.

The one who loves a quarrel loves transgression; whoever builds his gate high seeks destruction.

Whoever brings a fool into the world does so to his grief, and the father of a fool has no joy.

A foolish child is a grief to his father, and bitterness to the mother who bore him.