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7 The righteous care about justice for the poor, but the wicked have no such concern.

11 Fools give full vent to their rage, but the wise bring calm in the end.

15 A rod and a reprimand impart wisdom, but a child left undisciplined disgraces its mother.

2 Surely I am only a brute, not a man; I do not have human understanding.

25 Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;

28 a lizard can be caught with the hand, yet it is found in kings’ palaces.

6 Let beer be for those who are perishing, wine for those who are in anguish!

10 A wife of noble character who can find? She is worth far more than rubies.

16 She considers a field and buys it; out of her earnings she plants a vineyard.

25 She is clothed with strength and dignity; she can laugh at the days to come.

7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

8 Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.

21 on top of the wall she cries out, at the city gate she makes her speech:

26 I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you; I will mock when calamity overtakes you—

8 for he guards the course of the just and protects the way of his faithful ones.

12 Wisdom will save you from the ways of wicked men, from men whose words are perverse,

17 who has left the partner of her youth and ignored the covenant she made before God.

18 Surely her house leads down to death and her paths to the spirits of the dead.

4 Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.

26 for the LORD will be at your side and will keep your foot from being snared.