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4 Riches increase one's friends, but the poor lose their friends.
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Wealth attracts many friends, but even the closest friend of the poor person deserts them.
5 A false witness won't go unpunished, and a liar won't escape.
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A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will not go free.
6 Many seek favor from rulers; everyone befriends a gift giver.
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Many curry favor with a ruler, and everyone is the friend of one who gives gifts.
7 All the relatives of the poor hate them; even more, their friends stay far from them. When they pursue them with words, they aren't there.
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The poor are shunned by all their relatives— how much more do their friends avoid them! Though the poor pursue them with pleading, they are nowhere to be found.
8 Those who acquire good sense love themselves; those who keep understanding find success.
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The one who gets wisdom loves life; the one who cherishes understanding will soon prosper.
9 False witnesses won't go unpunished, and liars will perish.
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A false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will perish.
10 Luxury isn't fitting for a fool; even less so for a servant to rule over princes.
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It is not fitting for a fool to live in luxury— how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!
11 Insightful people restrain their anger; their glory is to ignore an offense.
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A person’s wisdom yields patience; it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.
12 A raging king roars like a lion; his favor is like the dew on the grass.
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A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.
13 A foolish son is a disaster to his father; a contentious wife is like constant dripping.
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A foolish child is a father’s ruin, and a quarrelsome wife is like the constant dripping of a leaky roof.
14 House and riches are an inheritance from one's ancestors, but an insightful wife is from the LORD.
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Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the LORD.
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