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Any bragger you correct will only hate you. But if you correct someone who has common sense, you will be loved.

Good sense is good for you, but if you brag, you hurt yourself.

Here are some proverbs of Solomon: Children with good sense make their parents happy, but foolish children make them sad.

What you gain by doing evil won't help you at all, but being good can save you from death.

At harvest season it's smart to work hard, but stupid to sleep.

Everyone praises good people, but evil hides behind the words of the wicked.

Good people are remembered long after they are gone, but the wicked are soon forgotten.

You will be safe, if you always do right, but you will get caught, if you are dishonest.

The words of good people are a source of life, but evil hides behind the words of the wicked.

If you have good sense, it will show when you speak. But if you are stupid, you will be beaten with a stick.

If you have good sense, you will learn all you can, but foolish talk will soon destroy you.

Great wealth can be a fortress, but poverty is no protection at all.

You can hide your hatred by telling lies, but you are a fool to spread lies.

The words of a good person are like pure silver, but the thoughts of an evil person are almost worthless.

Many are helped by useful instruction, but fools are killed by their own stupidity.

Fools enjoy doing wrong, but anyone with good sense enjoys acting wisely.

What evil people dread most will happen to them, but good people will get what they want most.

Those crooks will disappear when a storm strikes, but God will keep safe all who obey him.

If you obey the Lord, you will be happy, but there is no future for the wicked.

The Lord protects everyone who lives right, but he destroys anyone who does wrong.