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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
1makes his door high seeks destruction.
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2A man of crooked heart does not discover good, and one with a dishonest tongue falls into calamity.
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He who
3sires a fool gets himself sorrow, and the father of a fool has no joy.
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4A joyful heart is good medicine, but a crushed spirit
5dries up the bones.
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The wicked accepts
6a bribe in secret to
7pervert the ways of justice.
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8The discerning sets his face toward wisdom, but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
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9A foolish son is a grief to his father
10and bitterness to
11her who bore him.
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12To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.
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Whoever
13restrains his words has knowledge, and he who has a cool spirit is a man of understanding.
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Even a fool
14who keeps silent is considered wise; when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.