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¹ If you love learning, you love the discipline that goes with it—
    how shortsighted to refuse correction!

² A good person basks in the delight of God,
    and he wants nothing to do with devious schemers.

³ You can't find firm footing in a swamp,
    but life rooted in God stands firm.

⁴ A hearty wife invigorates her husband,
    but a frigid woman is cancer in the bones.

⁵ The thinking of principled people makes for justice;
    the plots of degenerates corrupt.

⁶ The words of the wicked kill;
    the speech of the upright saves.

⁷ Wicked people fall to pieces—there's nothing to them;
    the homes of good people hold together.

⁸ A person who talks sense is honored;
    airheads are held in contempt.

⁹ Better to be ordinary and work for a living
    than act important and starve in the process.

¹⁰ Good people are good to their animals;
    the "good-hearted" bad people kick and abuse them.

¹¹ The one who stays on the job has food on the table;
    the witless chase whims and fancies.

¹² What the wicked construct finally falls into ruin,
    while the roots of the righteous give life, and more life.

¹³ The gossip of bad people gets them in trouble;
    the conversation of good people keeps them out of it.

¹⁴ Well-spoken words bring satisfaction;
    well-done work has its own reward.

¹⁵ Fools are headstrong and do what they like;
    wise people take advice.

¹⁶ Fools have short fuses and explode all too quickly;
    the prudent quietly shrug off insults.

¹⁷ Truthful witness by a good person clears the air,
    but liars lay down a smoke screen of deceit.

¹⁸ Rash language cuts and maims,
    but there is healing in the words of the wise.

¹⁹ Truth lasts;
    lies are here today, gone tomorrow.

²⁰ Evil scheming distorts the schemer;
    peace-planning brings joy to the planner.

²¹ No evil can overwhelm a good person,
    but the wicked have their hands full of it.

²² God can't stomach liars;
    he loves the company of those who keep their word.

²³ Prudent people don't flaunt their knowledge;
    talkative fools broadcast their silliness.

²⁴ The diligent find freedom in their work;
    the lazy are oppressed by work.

²⁵ Worry weighs us down;
    a cheerful word picks us up.

²⁶ A good person survives misfortune,
    but a wicked life invites disaster.

²⁷ A lazy life is an empty life,
    but "early to rise" gets the job done.

²⁸ Good men and women travel right into life;
    sin's detours take you straight to hell.