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Why should a fool have money in his hand
1to buy wisdom when he has no sense?
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2A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
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One who lacks sense gives a pledge and puts up security in the presence of his neighbor.
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Whoever loves transgression loves strife; he who
3makes his door high seeks destruction.
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4A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.
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He who
5sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.
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6A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit
7dries up the bones.
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The wicked accepts
8a bribe in secret to
9pervert the ways of justice.
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10The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
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11A foolish son is a grief to his father
12and bitterness to
13her who bore him.
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14To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.