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A gracious woman gets honor, and violent men get riches.
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A man who is kind benefits himself, but a cruel man hurts himself.
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A wicked man earns deceptive wages, but one who sows righteousness gets a sure reward.
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He who is steadfast in righteousness will live, but he who pursues evil will die.
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Men of perverse mind are an abomination to the LORD, but those of blameless ways are his delight.
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Be assured, an evil man will not go unpunished, but those who are righteous will be delivered.
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Like a gold ring in a swine's snout is a beautiful woman without discretion.
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The desire of the righteous ends only in good; the expectation of the wicked in wrath.
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One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want.
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A liberal man will be enriched, and one who waters will himself be watered.
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The people curse him who holds back grain, but a blessing is on the head of him who sells it.