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1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
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Wine [is] a mocker, Strong drink [is] a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
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The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul.
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The wrath of a king [is] like the roaring of a lion; [Whoever] provokes him to anger sins [against] his own life.
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It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling.
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[It is] honorable for a man to stop striving, Since any fool can start a quarrel.
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The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing.
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The lazy [man] will not plow because of winter; He will beg during harvest and [have] nothing.
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Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out.
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Counsel in the heart of man [is like] deep water, But a man of understanding will draw it out.
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Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?
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Most men will proclaim each his own goodness, But who can find a faithful man?
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The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him.
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The righteous [man] walks in his integrity; His children [are] blessed after him.
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A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes.
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A king who sits on the throne of judgment Scatters all evil with his eyes.
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Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin?
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Who can say, "I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin"?
10
Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD.
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Diverse weights [and] diverse measures, They [are] both alike, an abomination to the LORD.
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Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right.
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Even a child is known by his deeds, Whether what he does [is] pure and right.
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The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them.
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The hearing ear and the seeing eye, The LORD has made them both.
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Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
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Do not love sleep, lest you come to poverty; Open your eyes, [and] you will be satisfied with bread.
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It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth.
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"[It is] good for nothing," cries the buyer; But when he has gone his way, then he boasts.
15
There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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There is gold and a multitude of rubies, But the lips of knowledge [are] a precious jewel.
16
Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman.
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Take the garment of one who is surety [for] a stranger, And hold it as a pledge [when it] is for a seductress.
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Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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Bread gained by deceit [is] sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
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Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war.
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Plans are established by counsel; By wise counsel wage war.
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He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips.
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He who goes about [as] a talebearer reveals secrets; Therefore do not associate with one who flatters with his lips.
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Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
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Whoever curses his father or his mother, His lamp will be put out in deep darkness.
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An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
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An inheritance gained hastily at the beginning Will not be blessed at the end.
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Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
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Do not say, "I will recompense evil"; Wait for the LORD, and He will save you.
23
Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good.
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Diverse weights [are] an abomination to the LORD, And dishonest scales [are] not good.
24
Man's goings are of the LORD; how can a man then understand his own way?
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A man's steps [are] of the LORD; How then can a man understand his own way?
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It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy, and after vows to make enquiry.
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[It is] a snare for a man to devote rashly [something as] holy, And afterward to reconsider [his] vows.
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A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them.
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A wise king sifts out the wicked, And brings the threshing wheel over them.
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The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly.
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The spirit of a man [is] the lamp of the LORD, Searching all the inner depths of his heart.
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Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy.
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Mercy and truth preserve the king, And by lovingkindness he upholds his throne.
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The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the gray head.
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The glory of young men [is] their strength, And the splendor of old men [is] their gray head.
30
The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.
30
Blows that hurt cleanse away evil, As [do] stripes the inner depths of the heart.
