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For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counselors [there is] safety.

Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

For there shall be no reward to the evil [man]; the candle of the wicked shall be extinguished.

For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field; and afterwards build thy house.

The heaven for hight, and the earth for depth, and the heart of kings [is] unsearchable.

Take away the dross from the silver, and there shall come forth a vessel for the finer.

For better [it is] that it be said to thee, Come up hither; than that thou shouldst be put lower in the presence of the prince whom thy eyes have seen.

As the cold of snow in the time of harvest, [so is] a faithful messenger to them that send him: for he refresheth the soul of his masters.

Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled with it, and vomit it.

For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD will reward thee.

[It is] not good to eat much honey: so [for men] to search their own glory [is not] glory.

As snow in summer, and as rain in harvest; so honor is not seemly for a fool.

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the fool's back.

When he speaketh fair, believe him not: for [there are] seven abominations in his heart.

Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

Thy own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: [for] better [is] a neighbor [that is] near, than a brother far off.

Take his garment that is surety for a stranger, and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.