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All the days of the afflicted are evil, but
1the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.
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2Better is a little with the fear of the LORD than great treasure and trouble with it.
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3Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than
4a fattened ox and hatred with it.
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5A hot-tempered man
6stirs up strife, but he who is
7slow to anger quiets contention.
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The way of
8a sluggard is like a hedge of
9thorns, but the path of the upright is
10a level highway.
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11A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
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12Folly is a joy to him who lacks sense, but a man of understanding
13walks straight ahead.
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14Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.
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To make an apt answer is a joy to a man, and
15a word in season, how good it is!
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The path of life leads upward
16for the prudent, that he may turn away from Sheol beneath.
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The LORD tears down the house of
17the proud but
18maintains
19the widow's boundaries.