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¹ Children with good sense
    accept correction
    from their parents,
    but stubborn children
    ignore it completely.
² You will be well rewarded
    for saying something kind,
but all some people think about
    is how to be cruel and mean.
³ Keep what you know to yourself,
    and you will be safe;
    talk too much,
    and you are done for.
⁴ No matter how much you want,
    laziness won't help a bit,
    but hard work will reward you
    with more than enough.
⁵ A good person hates deceit,
    but those who are evil
    cause shame and disgrace.
⁶ Live right, and you are safe!
    But sin will destroy you.

⁷ Some who have nothing
    may pretend to be rich,
    and some who have everything
    may pretend to be poor.
⁸ The rich may have
    to pay a ransom,
    but the poor don't have
    that problem.
⁹ The lamp of a good person
    keeps on shining;
    the lamp of an evil person
    soon goes out.
¹⁰ Too much pride causes trouble.
    Be sensible and take advice.

¹¹ Money wrongly gotten
    will disappear bit by bit;
    money earned little by little
    will grow and grow.
¹² Not getting what you want
    can make you feel sick,
    but a wish that comes true
    is a life-giving tree.
¹³ If you reject God's teaching,
    you will pay the price;
    if you obey his commands,
    you will be rewarded.

¹⁴ Sensible instruction
    is a life-giving fountain
    that helps you escape
    all deadly traps.
¹⁵ Sound judgment is praised,
    but people without good sense
    are on the way to disaster.^[a]
16 If you have good sense,
you will act sensibly,
    but fools act like fools.
¹⁷ Whoever delivers your message
    can make things better
    or worse for you.

¹⁸ All who refuse correction
    will be poor and disgraced;
    all who accept correction
    will be praised.
¹⁹ It's a good feeling
    to get what you want,
    but only a stupid fool
    hates to turn from evil.
²⁰ Wise friends make you wise,
    but you hurt yourself
    by going around with fools.
²¹ You are in for trouble
    if you sin,
    but you will be rewarded
    if you live right.
²² If you obey God,
    you will have something
    to leave your grandchildren.
If you don't obey God,
    those who live right
    will get what you leave.

²³ Even when the land of the poor
    produces good crops,
    they get cheated
    out of what they grow.^[b]
24 If you love your children,
    you will correct them;
    if you don't love them,
    you won't correct them.
²⁵ If you live right,
    you will have plenty to eat;
    if you don't live right,
    you will go away empty.