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- Euery wise woman buildeth her house;
but the foolish plucketh it downe with her hands.
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- He that walketh in his vprightnesse, feareth the Lord: but he that is peruerse in his wayes, despiseth him.
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- In the mouth of the foolish is a rod of pride: but the lippes of the wise shall preserue them.
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- Where no Oxen are, the crib is cleane: but much increase is by the strength of the Oxe.
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- A faithfull witnesse will not lye: but a false witnesse will vtter lyes.
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- A scorner seeketh wisedome, and findeth it not: but knowledge is easie vnto him that vnderstandeth.
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- Goe from the presence of a foolish man, when thou perceiuest not in him the lippes of knowledge.
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- The wisedome of the prudent is to vnderstand his way: but the folly of fooles is deceit.
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- Fooles make a mocke at sinne: but among the righteous there is fauour.
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- The heart knoweth his owne bitternesse;
and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his ioy.
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- The house of the wicked shall bee ouerthrowen: but the tabernacle of the vpright shall flourish.
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- There is a way which seemeth right vnto a man: but the end thereof are the wayes of death.
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- Euen in laughter the heart is sorrowfull;
and the end of that mirth is heauinesse.
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- The backslider in heart shall be filled with his owne wayes: and a good man shall be satisfied from himselfe.
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- The simple beleeueth euery word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
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- A wise man feareth, and departeth from euill: but the foole rageth, and is confident.
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- Hee that is soone angry, dealeth foolishly: and a man of wicked deuices is hated.
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- The simple inherite folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
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- The euill bowe before the good: and the wicked at the gates of the righteous.
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- The poore is hated euen of his owne neighbour: but the rich hath many friends.
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- He that despiseth his neighbour, sinneth: but he that hath mercy on the poore, happy is he.
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- Doe they not erre that deuise euil?
But mercy and trueth shall be to them that deuise good.
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- In all labour there is profit: but the talke of the lippes tendeth onely to penury.
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- The crowne of the wise is their riches: but the foolishnesse of fooles is folly.
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- A true witnesse deliuereth soules: but a deceitfull witnesse speaketh lyes.
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- In the feare of the Lord is strong confidence: and his children shall haue a place of refuge.
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- The feare of the Lord, is a fountaine of life, to depart from the snares of death.
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- In the multitude of people is the kings honour: but in the want of people is the destruction of the prince.
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- Hee that is slow to wrath, is of great vnderstanding: but hee that is hasty of spirit, exalteth folly.
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- A sound heart, is the life of the flesh: but enuie, the rottennesse of the bones.
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- Hee that oppresseth the poore, reprocheth his Maker: but hee that honoureth him, hath mercy on the poore.
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- The wicked is driuen away in his wickednes: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
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- Wisedome resteth in the heart of him that hath vnderstanding: but that which is in the midst of fooles, is made knowen.
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- Righteousnes exalteth a nation: but sinne is a reproch to any people.
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- The Kings fauour is toward a wise seruant: but his wrath, is against him that causeth shame.
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