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Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.
2
Good people obtain favor from the LORD, but he condemns those who devise wicked schemes.
3
No one can be established through wickedness, but the righteous cannot be uprooted.
4
A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.
5
The plans of the righteous are just, but the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
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The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood, but the speech of the upright rescues them.
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The wicked are overthrown and are no more, but the house of the righteous stands firm.
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A person is praised according to their prudence, and one with a warped mind is despised.
9
Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.
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The righteous care for the needs of their animals, but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.