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Wisdom is too high for a fool, he does not open his mouth in the gate.

if you hold back to deliver those being taken to death, and those stumbling for killing.

For you say, Behold, we did not know this. Does not He who weighs the heart consider it? And the One who keeps your soul, does He not know? Yea, He repays to a man according to his work.

for a just one falls seven times and rises up again, but the wicked shall stumble into evil.

for no hereafter shall be to the evil; the lamp of the wicked will be put out.

for their calamity shall rise suddenly, and who knows the ruin of both of them?

These also are for the wise: to respect persons in judgment is not good.

Prepare your work outside, and make it fit for yourself in the field, and afterwards build your house.

The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, but the heart of kings is unsearchable.

For it is better that he shall say to you, Come up here! than that you should be put lower before a noble whom your eyes have seen.

Contend for your cause with your neighbor, and do not uncover the secret of another,

Like the cold of snow in harvest time, so is a faithful messenger to those sending him, for he refreshes the soul of his masters.

for you shall heap coals of fire on his head, and Jehovah shall reward you.

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

A whip for the horse, a bridle for the ass, and a rod for the back of fools.

Do you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.

He who hates, dissembles with his lips, for he lays up deceit in his inner being;

when his voice is gracious, do not believe him, for he has seven hateful things in his heart.

Do not boast in the day of tomorrow, for you do not know what a day may bring forth.

Do not forsake your friend, nor your father's friend, and do not go into your brother's house in the day of your calamity, for a near neighbor is better than a brother far away.