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A fool hath no delight in understanding, but only that his heart may lay itself bare.

A fool's lips enter into contention, and his mouth calleth for strokes.

A fool's mouth is his ruin, and his lips are the snare of his soul.

Even one that is slack in his work is brother to him that is a destroyer.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city, and as a high wall in his own conceit.

The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity; but a broken spirit who can bear?

He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just; but his neighbour cometh and searcheth him out.

A man's belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth; with the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied.

There are friends that one hath to his own hurt; but there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.

Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity than he that is perverse in his lips and a fool at the same time.

Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.

The foolishness of man perverteth his way; and his heart fretteth against the LORD.

Wealth addeth many friends; but as for the poor, his friend separateth himself from him.

All the brethren of the poor do hate him; how much more do his friends go far from him! He that pursueth words, they turn against him.

He that getteth wisdom loveth his own soul; he that keepeth understanding shall find good.

It is the discretion of a man to be slow to anger, and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

The king's wrath is as the roaring of a lion; but his favour is as dew upon the grass.

A foolish son is the calamity of his father; and the contentions of a wife are a continual dropping.

He that keepeth the commandment keepeth his soul; but he that despiseth His ways shall die.

He that is gracious unto the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and his good deed will He repay unto him.