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9 A false witness will not go unpunished, and a liar will be destroyed.
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A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will perish.
10 It isn’t right for a fool to live in luxury or for a slave to rule over princes!
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It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
11 Sensible people control their temper; they earn respect by overlooking wrongs.
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A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.
12 The king’s anger is like a lion’s roar, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
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A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13 A foolish child is a calamity to a father; a quarrelsome wife is as annoying as constant dripping.
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A foolish child is a father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.
14 Fathers can give their sons an inheritance of houses and wealth, but only the LORD can give an understanding wife.
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Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
15 Lazy people sleep soundly, but idleness leaves them hungry.
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Laziness brings on deep sleep, and the shiftless go hungry.
16 Keep the commandments and keep your life; despising them leads to death.
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Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life, but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.
17 If you help the poor, you are lending to the LORD — and he will repay you!
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Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done.
18 Discipline your children while there is hope. Otherwise you will ruin their lives.
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Discipline your children, for in that there is hope; do not be a willing party to their death.
19 Hot-tempered people must pay the penalty. If you rescue them once, you will have to do it again.
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A hot-tempered person must pay the penalty; rescue them, and you will have to do it again.
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