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A man hasty in his words has less hope of correction than an obvious fool.

A servant cannot always be moved by words alone even when he understands.

Without the LORD's revealed word people throw off restraint, but happy is the man who keeps the law.

Correcting a son yields, in time, comfort and delight to the parent's soul.

When the wicked increase so does sin, but the righteous live to see their fall.

The rod and reproof together give wisdom, while a child left to his own way shames his mother.

A king who judges the poor with truth establishes his throne forever.

The poor man and his oppressor share the LORD as the giver of light to their eyes.

A ruler who listens to lies fills his court with wicked ministers.

A fool empties out all his anger, while a wise man holds it back.

Bloodthirsty men hate the blameless, while the upright work to preserve his life.

Disputes with a fool produce only rage or mockery, with no resolution.

Scorners set a whole city aflame, while wise men turn anger aside.

The houses of the wicked are watched, and the watcher is patient but never absent.

Feed your hungry enemy and give your thirsty enemy water to drink. Such kindness heaps burning coals on his head, and the LORD himself rewards the giver.

Do not argue like the fool, or you will become like him yourself. Yet the fool must sometimes be answered directly when his self-deception needs correction.

Hiring a fool releases indiscriminate damage like an archer wounding everyone within range.

The sluggard multiplies excuses, avoids movement, and grows weary even in simple tasks, while still imagining himself wiser than men of sound judgment. His laziness is matched only by his self-deception.

The man who deceives his neighbor and dismisses it as a joke is compared to a madman hurling firebrands, arrows, and death without aim.

Just as fire dies without wood, contention fades without a whisperer, while the contentious man feeds conflict the way charcoal and wood feed flames.