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5 The wise prevail through great power, and those who have knowledge muster their strength.

6 Surely you need guidance to wage war, and victory is won through many advisers.

18 or the LORD will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from them.

33 A little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to rest—

14 Like clouds and wind without rain is one who boasts of gifts never given.

25 Like cold water to a weary soul is good news from a distant land.

14 As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.

16 A sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven people who answer discreetly.

15 A quarrelsome wife is like the dripping of a leaky roof in a rainstorm;

4 Those who forsake instruction praise the wicked, but those who heed it resist them.

6 Better the poor whose walk is blameless than the rich whose ways are perverse.

9 If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.

22 The stingy are eager to get rich and are unaware that poverty awaits them.

25 The greedy stir up conflict, but those who trust in the LORD will prosper.

2 When the righteous thrive, the people rejoice; when the wicked rule, the people groan.

14 If a king judges the poor with fairness, his throne will be established forever.

16 When the wicked thrive, so does sin, but the righteous will see their downfall.

19 Servants cannot be corrected by mere words; though they understand, they will not respond.

22 An angry person stirs up conflict, and a hot-tempered person commits many sins.

7 “Two things I ask of you, LORD; do not refuse me before I die: