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Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, Seeing he hath no understanding?
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A friend loveth at all times; And a brother is born for adversity.
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A man void of understanding striketh hands, And becometh surety in the presence of his neighbor.
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He loveth transgression that loveth strife: He that raiseth high his gate seeketh destruction.
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He that hath a wayward heart findeth no good; And he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
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He that begetteth a fool [doeth it] to his sorrow; And the father of a fool hath no joy.
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A cheerful heart is a good medicine; But a broken spirit drieth up the bones.
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A wicked man receiveth a bribe out of the bosom, To pervert the ways of justice.
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Wisdom is before the face of him that hath understanding; But the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth.
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A foolish son is a grief to his father, And bitterness to her that bare him.
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Also to punish the righteous is not good, [Nor] to smite the noble for [their] uprightness.