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The king's heart is a stream of water in the hand of the LORD; he turns it wherever he will.
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Every way of a man is right in his own eyes, but the LORD weighs the heart.
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To do righteousness and justice is more acceptable to the LORD than sacrifice.
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Haughty eyes and a proud heart, the lamp of the wicked, are sin.
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The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance, but every one who is hasty comes only to want.
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The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a fleeting vapor and a snare of death.
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The violence of the wicked will sweep them away, because they refuse to do what is just.
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The way of the guilty is crooked, but the conduct of the pure is right.
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It is better to live in a corner of the housetop than in a house shared with a contentious woman.
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The soul of the wicked desires evil; his neighbor finds no mercy in his eyes.
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When a scoffer is punished, the simple becomes wise; when a wise man is instructed, he gains knowledge.
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The righteous observes the house of the wicked; the wicked are cast down to ruin.
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He who closes his ear to the cry of the poor will himself cry out and not be heard.
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A gift in secret averts anger; and a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.
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When justice is done, it is a joy to the righteous, but dismay to evildoers.
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A man who wanders from the way of understanding will rest in the assembly of the dead.
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He who loves pleasure will be a poor man; he who loves wine and oil will not be rich.
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The wicked is a ransom for the righteous, and the faithless for the upright.
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It is better to live in a desert land than with a contentious and fretful woman.