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30 Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.

27 Do not withhold good from those to whom it is due, when it is in your power to act.

33 The LORD’s curse is on the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.

18 The path of the righteous is like the morning sun, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

6 She gives no thought to the way of life; her paths wander aimlessly, but she does not know it.

31 Yet if he is caught, he must pay sevenfold, though it costs him all the wealth of his house.

9 Instruct the wise and they will be wiser still; teach the righteous and they will add to their learning.

32 The lips of the righteous know what finds favor, but the mouth of the wicked only what is perverse.

5 The righteousness of the blameless makes their paths straight, but the wicked are brought down by their own wickedness.

29 Whoever brings ruin on their family will inherit only wind, and the fool will be servant to the wise.

9 Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant than pretend to be somebody and have no food.

24 Whoever spares the rod hates their children, but the one who loves their children is careful to discipline them.

4 Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests.

8 The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception.

19 Evildoers will bow down in the presence of the good, and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.

22 Do not those who plot evil go astray? But those who plan what is good find love and faithfulness.

25 The LORD tears down the house of the proud, but he sets the widow’s boundary stones in place.

30 Light in a messenger’s eyes brings joy to the heart, and good news gives health to the bones.

1 To humans belong the plans of the heart, but from the LORD comes the proper answer of the tongue.

2 A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance as one of the family.