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Deceitful scales are an abomination to Yahuah, but a whole weight is His delight.
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When pride comes, then comes shame, but with the humble is wisdom.
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The integrity of the upright guides them, but the perversity of the treacherous destroys them.
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Wealth does not profit in the day of wrath, but Righteousness delivers from death.
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The Righteousness of the whole makes his way straight, but the wicked falls by his own wickedness.
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The Righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the treacherous are captured by their own desire.
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When a wicked Adam dies, his hope perishes, and the expectation of strength comes to nothing.
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The righteous is delivered from distress, and the wicked comes into it in his place.
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With his mouth the godless destroys his neighbor, but through knowledge the righteous are delivered.
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When it goes well with the righteous, the city rejoices. And when the wicked perish, there is shouting.
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By the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is torn down.
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He who despises his neighbor lacks heart, but an ish of understanding keeps silent.
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He who walks about as a slanderer reveals a secret, but one faithful in ruach conceals a matter.
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Where there is no wise counsel, a people falls, but in the multitude of counselors there is salvation.
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Evil, he shall surely suffer, who becomes guarantor for a stranger. But he who hates striking hands dwells securely.
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An ishah of favor holds fast to honor, and ruthless men hold fast to wealth.
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An ish of Covenant-Faithfulness does good to his own being, but the cruel one troubles his own flesh.
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The wicked earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows Righteousness receives a true reward.
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So Righteousness leads to life, but the one who pursues evil pursues his own death.
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Those twisted in heart are an abomination to Yahuah, but those whole in their way are His delight.
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Hand to hand, the wicked shall not go unpunished, but the seed of the righteous shall be delivered.
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Like a ring of gold in the snout of a pig is an ishah beautiful but turning aside from discretion.
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The desire of the righteous is only good, but the expectation of the wicked is wrath.
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There is one who scatters and yet increases, and one who withholds what is uprightly due, yet comes only to lack.
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The being of blessing shall be made abundant, and the one who gives water shall himself be watered.
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The one who withholds grain, the people curse him, but blessing is upon the head of the one who sells it.
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The one who seeks good early seeks favor, but the one who searches for evil, it shall come upon him.
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The one who trusts in his wealth shall fall, but the righteous shall flourish like foliage.
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The one who troubles his own house shall inherit ruach, and the fool shall become servant to the wise in heart.
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The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, and the one who takes beings is wise.
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See, the righteous is repaid upon the earth. How much more the wicked and the sinner.