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With
1patience a ruler may be persuaded, and a soft tongue will break a bone.
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If you have
2found honey, eat
3only enough for you, lest you have your fill of it and vomit it.
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Let your foot be seldom in your neighbor’s house, lest he have his fill of you and hate you.
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A man who
4bears false witness against his neighbor is like a war club, or
5a sword, or a sharp arrow.
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Trusting in a treacherous man in time of trouble is like a bad tooth or a foot that slips.
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Whoever
6sings songs to a heavy heart is like one who takes off a garment on a cold day, and like vinegar on soda.
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7If your enemy is hungry, give him bread to eat, and if he is thirsty, give him water to drink,
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for you will heap
8burning coals on his head, and the Lord will reward you.
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The north wind brings forth rain, and a backbiting tongue, angry looks.
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9It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a quarrelsome wife.
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Like cold water to
10a thirsty soul, so is
11good news from a far country.