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A decision is upon the lips of a king; in judgment his mouth will not sin.

A balance and scales of justice belong to Yahweh; all the weights of the bag are his work.

In the light of the face of the king there is life, and his favor is like a cloud of spring rain.

The highway of the upright, it turns from evil, he who guards himself keeps his way.

He who is attentive to a matter will find goodness, and he who trusts in Yahweh, his own happiness.

The heart of the wise will make his mouth judicious, and upon his lips, it will add persuasiveness.

The life of a worker works for him, for his hunger urges him.

A man of wickedness concocts evil, and his lips are like a scorching fire.

A person of violence will entice his neighbor and cause him to walk on a way that is not good.

He who winks his eyes does so in order to plan perverse things; he who purses his lips will bring evil to pass.

He who is slow to anger is better than him who is mighty, and he who controls his spirit than him who captures a city.

A slave who deals wisely will rule over a child who acts shamefully, and in the midst of brothers he will share his inheritance.

May a man meet a she-bear robbed of offspring and not a fool in his folly.

For he who returns evil for good, evil will not depart from his house.

A person who lacks sense pledges; he becomes security before his neighbor.

He who loves transgression loves strife; he who builds his high thresholds seeks destruction.

He who is crooked of heart will not find goodness, and he who is perverse, by his tongue he will fall into calamity.

He who understands sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool, to the end of the earth.

A grief to his father is the child of a fool, and bitterness to her who bore him.

He who spares his sayings knows knowledge, and a cool spirit is a man of understanding.