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Better is a dry morsel with quietness than a house full of sacrifices with contention.
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A servant who acts wisely shall rule over a son who brings shame, and among the brothers he shall divide the inheritance.
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The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but Yahuah tests hearts.
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An evildoer listens to a lip of wickedness, and a liar gives ear to a destructive tongue.
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The one who mocks the poor reproaches his Maker, and the one who rejoices at calamity shall not go unpunished.
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Sons of sons are the crown of elders, and the glory of sons is their fathers.
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Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool, much less lying lips for a noble one.
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A gift is like a precious stone in the eyes of its possessor. Wherever he turns, he prospers.
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The one who covers transgression seeks love, but the one who repeats a matter separates close companions.
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A rebuke enters deeper into one of understanding than a hundred blows into a fool.
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An evil ish seeks only rebellion, and a cruel messenger shall be sent against him.
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Let an ish meet a bear bereaved of her cubs rather than a fool in his foolishness.
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The one who returns evil for good— evil shall not depart from his house.
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The beginning of contention is like releasing waters. Therefore abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
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The one who declares the wicked righteous, and the one who declares the righteous wicked— both of them are an abomination to Yahuah.
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Why is there silver in the hand of a fool to acquire wisdom, when he has no heart?
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A companion loves at all times, and a brother is born for distress.
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An Adam lacking heart strikes hands and becomes guarantor before his neighbor.
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The one who loves transgression loves contention, and the one who makes his entrance high seeks destruction.
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The twisted of heart shall not find good, and the one who turns his tongue shall fall into evil.
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The one who fathers a fool fathers grief for himself, and the father of a fool has no joy.
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A joyful heart does good like medicine, but a broken ruach dries the bones.
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A wicked ish takes a bribe from the bosom to bend the paths of Judgment.
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Wisdom is before the face of one of understanding, but the eyes of a fool are at the ends of the earth.
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A foolish son is grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.
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Also, to punish the righteous is not good, nor to strike nobles for uprightness.
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The one who restrains his words knows knowledge, and an ish of understanding is cool in ruach.
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Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise, and the one who shuts his lips as discerning.