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The teaching of the wise [is] a fountain of life, [in order] to avoid the snares of death.
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Good sense grants favor, but the way of the faithless is coarse.
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Anyone who is clever will act with intelligence, but the fool will display folly.
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A messenger of wickedness will fall into trouble, but an envoy of the faithful [brings] healing.
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Poverty and disgrace [belong to] him who ignores instruction, but he who guards reproof will be honored.
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A desire {fulfilled} will be sweet to the soul, but an abomination of fools is turning from evil.
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Walk with the wise and be wise, but as for the companion of fools, he will suffer harm.
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Misfortune will pursue sinners, but the righteous {will be rewarded with prosperity}.
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He who is good will leave an inheritance to {his grandchildren}, and stored up for the righteous [is] the wealth of a sinner.
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[There is] much food [in] the field of the poor, but {it is swept away} by {injustice}.
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He who withholds his rod hates his child, but he who loves him {gives him} discipline.