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

If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and will [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?

Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous; destroy not his resting-place:

Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

[Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right answer.

Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

Take away the wicked [from] before the king, and his throne shall be established in righteousness.

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.

A man that beareth false witness against his neighbor [is] a maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow.

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

He that [hath] no rule over his own spirit [is like] a city [that is] broken down, [and] without walls.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou also be like him.

Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own conceit.

As a dog returneth to his vomit, [so] a fool returneth to his folly.

Seest thou a man wise in his own conceit? [there is] more hope of a fool than of him.

[As] the door turneth upon its hinges, so [doth] the slothful upon his bed.

The slothful hideth [his] hand in [his] bosom; it grieveth him to bring it again to his mouth.

The sluggard [is] wiser in his own conceit than seven men that can render a reason.

So [is] the man [that] deceiveth his neighbor, and saith, Am not I in sport?

He that hateth dissembleth with his lips, and layeth up deceit within him;