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Proverbs 11:14-24
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For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers.
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Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but whoever refuses to shake hands in pledge is safe.
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A kindhearted woman gains honor, but ruthless men gain only wealth.
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Those who are kind benefit themselves, but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.
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A wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
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Truly the righteous attain life, but whoever pursues evil finds death.
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The LORD detests those whose hearts are perverse, but he delights in those whose ways are blameless.
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Be sure of this: The wicked will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will go free.
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Like a gold ring in a pig’s snout is a beautiful woman who shows no discretion.
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The desire of the righteous ends only in good, but the hope of the wicked only in wrath.
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One person gives freely, yet gains even more; another withholds unduly, but comes to poverty.
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Proverbs 20:18
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2 Samuel 15:34
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Proverbs 15:22
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Proverbs 24:6
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Proverbs 6:1
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Proverbs 17:18
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Proverbs 22:26-27
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Proverbs 31:31
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Exodus 1:20
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Job 4:8
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Hosea 10:12-13
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Deuteronomy 30:15
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Proverbs 10:2
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1 Samuel 2:6
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Psalms 89:48
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Proverbs 1:18-19
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Ecclesiastes 7:2
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Jeremiah 43:11
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Proverbs 3:32
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Numbers 14:8
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1 Chronicles 29:17
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Psalms 15:2
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Psalms 101:1-4
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Psalms 119:1
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Proverbs 12:2,22
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Proverbs 15:9
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Proverbs 16:5
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