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Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof [is] brutish (12:1)

A good [man] obtaineth favour of the Lord: but a man of wicked devices will he condemn (12:2)

A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the righteous shall not be moved (12:3)

A virtuous woman [is] a crown to her husband: but she that maketh ashamed [is] as rottenness in his bones (12:4)

The thoughts of the righteous [are] right: [but] the counsels of the wicked [are] deceit (12:5)

The words of the wicked [are] to lie in wait for blood: but the mouth of the upright shall deliver them (12:6)

The wicked are overthrown, and [are] not: but the house of the righteous shall stand (12:7)

A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised (12:8)

[He that is] despised, and hath a servant, [is] better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread (12:9)

A righteous [man] regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked [are] cruel (12:10)

He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain [persons is] void of understanding (12:11)

The wicked desireth the net of evil [men]: but the root of the righteous yieldeth [fruit] (12:12)

The wicked is snared by the transgression of [his] lips: but the just shall come out of trouble (12:13)

A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of [his] mouth: and the recompense of a man's hands shall be rendered unto him (12:14)

The way of a fool [is] right in his own eyes: but he that hearkeneth unto counsel [is] wise (12:15)

A fool's wrath is presently known: but a prudent [man] covereth shame (12:16)

[He that] speaketh truth showeth forth righteousness: but a false witness deceit (12:17)

There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the tongue of the wise [is] health (12:18)

The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue [is] but for a moment (12:19)

Deceit [is] in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the counsellors of peace [is] joy (12:20)

There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief (12:21)

Lying lips [are] abomination to the Lord: but they that deal truly [are] his delight (12:22)

A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness (12:23)

The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute (12:24)

Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad (12:25)

The righteous [is] more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them (12:26)

The slothful [man] roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man [is] precious (12:27)

In the way of righteousness [is] life; and [in] the pathway [thereof there is] no death (12:28)

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