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A busybody is revealing secret counsel, And the faithful of spirit is covering the matter.
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Without counsels do a people fall, And deliverance [is] in a multitude of counsellors.
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Evil [one] suffereth when he hath been surety [for] a stranger, And whoso is hating suretyship is confident.
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A gracious woman retaineth honour, And terrible [men] retain riches.
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A kind man is rewarding his own soul, And the fierce is troubling his own flesh.
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The wicked is getting a lying wage, And whoso is sowing righteousness -- a true reward.
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Rightly [is] righteousness for life, And whoso is pursuing evil -- for his own death.
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An abomination to Jehovah [are] the perverse of heart, And the perfect of the way [are] His delight.
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Hand to hand, the wicked is not acquitted, And the seed of the righteous hath escaped.
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A ring of gold in the nose of a sow -- A fair woman and stubborn of behaviour.
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The desire of the righteous [is] only good, The hope of the wicked [is] transgression.