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32 “If you play the fool and exalt yourself, or if you plan evil, clap your hand over your mouth!

33 For as churning cream produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife.”

23 Her husband is respected at the city gate, where he takes his seat among the elders of the land.

24 But since you refuse to listen when I call and no one pays attention when I stretch out my hand,

3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.

19 A loving doe, a graceful deer— may her breasts satisfy you always, may you ever be intoxicated with her love.

5 Free yourself, like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter, like a bird from the snare of the fowler.

23 For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,

22 All at once he followed her like an ox going to the slaughter, like a deer stepping into a noose

30 Then I was constantly at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence,

5 He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.

11 Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.

15 Whoever puts up security for a stranger will surely suffer, but whoever refuses to shake hands in pledge is safe.

4 A wife of noble character is her husband’s crown, but a disgraceful wife is like decay in his bones.

21 It is a sin to despise one’s neighbor, but blessed is the one who is kind to the needy.

21 To have a fool for a child brings grief; there is no joy for the parent of a godless fool.

24 One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

12 A king’s rage is like the roar of a lion, but his favor is like dew on the grass.

17 Whoever is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward them for what they have done.

22 Do not say, “I’ll pay you back for this wrong!” Wait for the LORD, and he will avenge you.