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Proverbs 21:18-28
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Proverbs 21:18-28
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18
What a bad person plots against the good, boomerangs; the plotter gets it in the end.
19
Better to live in a tent in the wild than with a cross and petulant spouse.
20
Valuables are safe in a wise person's home; fools put it all out for yard sales.
21
Whoever goes hunting for what is right and kind finds life itself - glorious life!
22
One sage entered a whole city of armed soldiers - their trusted defenses fell to pieces!
23
Watch your words and hold your tongue; you'll save yourself a lot of grief.
24
You know their names - Brash, Impudent, Blasphemer - intemperate hotheads, every one.
25
Lazy people finally die of hunger because they won't get up and go to work.
26
Sinners are always wanting what they don't have; the God-loyal are always giving what they do have.
27
Religious performance by the wicked stinks; it's even worse when they use it to get ahead.
28
A lying witness is unconvincing; a person who speaks truth is respected.
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