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11 Be wise, my child, and make my heart glad, so that I may answer whoever reproaches me.
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Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart; then I can answer anyone who treats me with contempt.
12 The clever see danger and hide; but the simple go on, and suffer for it.
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The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
13 Take the garment of one who has given surety for a stranger; seize the pledge given as surety for foreigners.
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Take the garment of one who puts up security for a stranger; hold it in pledge if it is done for an outsider.
14 Whoever blesses a neighbor with a loud voice, rising early in the morning, will be counted as cursing.
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If anyone loudly blesses their neighbor early in the morning, it will be taken as a curse.
15 A continual dripping on a rainy day and a contentious wife are alike;
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A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;
16 to restrain her is to restrain the wind or to grasp oil in the right hand.
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restraining her is like restraining the wind or grasping oil with the hand.
17 Iron sharpens iron, and one person sharpens the wits of another.
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As iron sharpens iron, so one person sharpens another.
18 Anyone who tends a fig tree will eat its fruit, and anyone who takes care of a master will be honored.
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The one who guards a fig tree will eat its fruit, and whoever protects their master will be honored.
19 Just as water reflects the face, so one human heart reflects another.
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As water reflects the face, so one’s life reflects the heart.
20 Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied, and human eyes are never satisfied.
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Death and Destruction are never satisfied, and neither are human eyes.
21 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, so a person is tested by being praised.
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The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but people are tested by their praise.
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