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1 A good reputation is better than much wealth; high esteem is better than silver and gold.
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1 A good name is more desirable than great riches; to be esteemed is better than silver or gold.
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2 The rich and the poor have this in common: the LORD made them both.
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2 Rich and poor have this in common: The LORD is the Maker of them all.
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3 Prudent people see trouble and hide, while the simpleminded go right to it and get punished.
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3 A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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4 The reward of humility and the fear of the LORD is wealth, honor, and life.
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4 Humility and the fear of the LORD bring wealth and honor and life.
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5 Thorns and nets are in the path of the crooked; those who guard their lives keep their distance.
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5 In the paths of the wicked lie thorns and snares, but he who guards his soul stays far from them.
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6 Train children in the way they should go; when they grow old, they won't depart from it.
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6 Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.
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7 The wealthy rule over the poor; a borrower is a slave to a lender.
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7 The rich rule over the poor, and the borrower is servant to the lender.
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8 Those who sow injustice will harvest evil; the rod of their fury will come to an end.
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8 He who sows wickedness reaps trouble, and the rod of his fury will be destroyed.
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9 Happy are generous people, because they give some of their food to the poor.
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9 A generous man will himself be blessed, for he shares his food with the poor.
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10 Remove the mocker and conflict disappears; judgment and shame also stop.
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10 Drive out the mocker, and out goes strife; quarrels and insults are ended.
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11 Those who love a pure heart— their speech is gracious, and the king is their friend.
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11 He who loves a pure heart and whose speech is gracious will have the king for his friend.
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12 The LORD's eyes protect knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the treacherous.
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12 The eyes of the LORD keep watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
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13 A lazy person says, "There's a lion in the street! I'll be killed in the town square!"
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13 The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside!" or, "I will be murdered in the streets!"
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14 The mouth of a mysterious woman is a deep pit; those under the LORD's wrath will fall in it.
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14 The mouth of an adulteress is a deep pit; he who is under the LORD's wrath will fall into it.
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15 Folly is bound up in a child's heart; the rod of discipline removes it.
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15 Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far from him.
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16 Oppressing the poor to get rich and giving to the wealthy lead only to poverty.
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16 He who oppresses the poor to increase his wealth and he who gives gifts to the rich--both come to poverty.
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17 Turn your ear and hear the words of the wise; focus your mind on my knowledge.
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17 Pay attention and listen to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach,
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18 It will be pleasant if you keep the words in you, if you have them ready on your lips.
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18 for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart and have all of them ready on your lips.
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19 So that your trust will be in the LORD, I'm teaching you today—yes, you.
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19 So that your trust may be in the LORD, I teach you today, even you.
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20 Haven't I written for you thirty sayings full of advice and knowledge?
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20 Have I not written thirty sayings for you, sayings of counsel and knowledge,
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21 Their purpose is to teach you true, reliable words, so you can report back reliably to those who sent you.
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21 teaching you true and reliable words, so that you can give sound answers to him who sent you?
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22 Don't steal from the poor, because they are poor. Don't oppress the needy in the gate.
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22 Do not exploit the poor because they are poor and do not crush the needy in court,
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23 The LORD will take up their case and press the life out of those who oppress them.
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23 for the LORD will take up their case and will plunder those who plunder them.
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24 Don't befriend people controlled by anger; don't associate with hot-tempered people;
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24 Do not make friends with a hot-tempered man, do not associate with one easily angered,
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25 otherwise, you will learn their ways and become trapped.
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25 or you may learn his ways and get yourself ensnared.
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26 Don't shake hands to guarantee a loan.
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26 Do not be a man who strikes hands in pledge or puts up security for debts;
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27 If you can't repay, why should they be able to take your bed from you?
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27 if you lack the means to pay, your very bed will be snatched from under you.
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28 Don't remove an ancient boundary marker that your ancestors established.
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28 Do not move an ancient boundary stone set up by your forefathers.
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29 Do you see people who work skillfully? They will work for kings but not work for lowly people.
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29 Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will serve before kings; he will not serve before obscure men.
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