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Proverbs 13:12-22
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Proverbs 13:12-22
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Hope put off is a weariness to the heart; but when what is desired comes, it is a tree of life.
13
He who makes sport of the word will come to destruction, but the respecter of the law will be rewarded.
14
The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning men away from the nets of death.
15
Wise behaviour gets approval, but the way of the false is their destruction.
16
A sharp man does everything with knowledge, but a foolish man makes clear his foolish thoughts.
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A man taking false news is a cause of trouble, but he who gives news rightly makes things well.
18
Need and shame will be the fate of him who is uncontrolled by training; but he who takes note of teaching will be honoured.
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To get one's desire is sweet to the soul, but to give up evil is disgusting to the foolish.
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Go with wise men and be wise: but he who keeps company with the foolish will be broken.
21
Evil will overtake sinners, but the upright will be rewarded with good.
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The heritage of the good man is handed down to his children's children; and the wealth of the sinner is stored up for the upright man.
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