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[[The parable of Solomon.]]
[1] A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is an heaviness to his mother.
[2] The treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
[3] The Lord will not famish the soul of the righteous: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
[4] A slothful hand maketh poor: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
[5] He that gathereth in summer, is the son of wisdom: but he that sleepeth in harvest, is the son of confusion.
[6] Blessings are upon the head of the righteous: but iniquity shall cover the mouth of the wicked.
[7] The memorial of the just shall be blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
[8] The wise in heart will receive commandments: but the foolish in talk shall be beaten.
[9] He that walketh uprightly, walketh boldly: but he that perverteth his ways, shall be known.
[10] He that winketh with the eye, worketh sorrow, and he that is foolish in talk, shall be beaten.
[11] The mouth of a righteous man is a wellspring of life: but iniquity covereth the mouth of the wicked.
[12] Hatred stirreth up contentions: but love covereth all trespasses.
[13] In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found, and a rod shall be for the back of him that is destitute of wisdom.
[14] Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the fool is a present destruction.
[15] The rich man's goods are his strong city: but the fear of the needy is their poverty.
[16] The labor of the righteous tendeth to life: but the revenues of the wicked to sin.
[17] He that regardeth instruction, is in the way of life: but he that refuseth correction, goeth out of the way.
[18] He that dissembleth hatred with lying lips, and he that inventeth slander, is a fool.
[19] In many words there cannot want iniquity: but he that refraineth his lips, is wise.
[20] The tongue of the just man is as fined silver: but the heart of the wicked is little worth.
[21] The lips of the righteous do feed many: but fools shall die for want of wisdom.
[22] The blessing of the Lord, it maketh rich, and he doth add no sorrows with it.
[23] It is as a pastime to a fool to do wickedly: but wisdom is understanding to a man.
[24] That which the wicked feareth, shall come upon him: but God will grant the desire of the righteous.
[25] As the whirlwind passeth, so is the wicked no more: but the righteous is as an everlasting foundation.
[26] As vinegar is to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so is the slothful to them that send him.
[27] The fear of the Lord increaseth the days: but the years of the wicked shall be diminished.
[28] The patient abiding of the righteous shall be gladness: but the hope of the wicked shall perish.
[29] The way of the Lord is strength to the upright man: but fear shall be for the workers of iniquity.
[30] The righteous shall never be removed: but the wicked shall not dwell in the land.
[31] The mouth of the just shall be fruitful in wisdom: but the tongue of the froward shall be cut out.
[32] The lips of the righteous know what is acceptable: but the mouth of the wicked speaketh froward things.
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