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[1] Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife.
[2] A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that dealeth shamefully, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren.
[3] The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 trieth the hearts.
[4] A evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; and a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue.
[5] Whoso mocketh the poor blasphemeth his Maker; and he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished.
[6] Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
[7] Overbearing speech becometh not a churl; much less do lying lips a prince.
[8] A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it; whithersoever he turneth, he prospereth.
[9] He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that harpeth on a matter estrangeth a familiar friend.
[10] A rebuke entereth deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool.
[11] An rebellious man seeketh only evil; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
[12] Let a bea robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly.
[13] Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house.
[14] The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off contention, before the quarrel break out.
[15] He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, even they both are an abomination to 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇.
[16] Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding?
[17] A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
[18] A man void of understanding is he that striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his neighbour.
[19] He loveth transgression that loveth strife; he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
[20] He that hath a froward heart findeth no good; and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into evil.
[21] He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; and the father of a churl hath no joy.
[22] A merry heart is a good medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones.
[23] A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice.
[24] Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
[25] A foolish son is vexation to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him.
[26] To punish also the righteous is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
[27] He that spareth his words hath knowledge; and he that husbandeth his spirit is a man of discernment.
[28] Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed as a man of understanding.
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