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¹ The Lord hates a false weight, but a true weight is His joy.

² When pride comes, then comes shame, but wisdom is with those who have no pride.

³ The honor of good people will lead them, but those who hurt others will be destroyed by their own false ways.

⁴ Riches are of no use in the day of God's anger, but being right with God saves from death.

⁵ Those right with God, who are without blame, make a straight way for themselves, but the sinful will fall by their own wrong-doing.

⁶ Being right with God will save the honest man, but those who hurt others will be trapped by their wrong desires.

⁷ When a sinful man dies, his hope dies with him, and all his power comes to nothing.

⁸ The one who is right with God is kept from trouble, but the sinful get into trouble instead.

⁹ The sinful man destroys his neighbor with his mouth, but those who are fair will be saved through knowing God.

¹⁰ The city is glad when everything goes well with those who are right with God, and there are shouts of joy when the sinful are destroyed.

¹¹ A city is honored by the good things that come to the faithful, but it is torn down by the mouth of the sinful.

¹² He who hates his neighbor does not think well, but a man of understanding keeps quiet.

¹³ He who is always telling stories makes secrets known, but he who can be trusted keeps a thing hidden.

¹⁴ A nation falls where there is no wise leading, but it is safe where there are many wise men who know what to do.

¹⁵ He who puts himself as trust for what a stranger owes to another will suffer for it, but he who hates to be trusted for what another owes is safe.

¹⁶ A kind woman gets honor, and bad men get riches.

¹⁷ The man who shows loving-kindness does himself good, but the man without pity hurts himself.

¹⁸ The sinful man earns false pay, but he who spreads what is right and good gets pay that is sure.

¹⁹ He who will not be moved from being right with God will live, but he who goes for what is bad will bring about his own death.

²⁰ The Lord hates those who are sinful in heart, but those who walk without blame are His joy.

²¹ Know for sure that the sinful man will not go without being punished, but the children of those who are right with God will be saved.

²² A beautiful woman who does not think well is like a gold ring in the nose of a pig.

²³ The desire of those who are right with God is only good, but the hope of the sinful is anger.

²⁴ There is one who is free in giving, and yet he grows richer. And there is one who keeps what he should give, but he ends up needing more.

²⁵ The man who gives much will have much, and he who helps others will be helped himself.

²⁶ The people curse him who keeps grain for himself, but good comes to him who sells it.

²⁷ He who looks for good finds favor, but he who looks for wrong-doing will have bad come to him.

²⁸ He who trusts in his riches will fall, but those who are right with God will grow like a green leaf.

²⁹ He who troubles his own house will be given the wind, and the foolish will serve those with a wise heart.

³⁰ The fruit of those who are right with God is a tree of life, and he who wins souls is wise.

³¹ If those who are right with God will be paid on earth, how much more the sinful and the wrong-doer!