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    • A chart to help articulate feelings

¹ He who is often reproved, yet stiffens his neck,

will suddenly be broken beyond healing.

² When the righteous increase, the people rejoice,

but when the wicked rule, the people groan.

³ He who loves wisdom makes his father glad,

but a companion of prostitutes squanders his wealth.

⁴ By justice a king builds up the land,

but he who exacts gifts tears it down.

⁵ A man who flatters his neighbor

spreads a net for his feet.

⁶ An evil man is ensnared in his transgression,

but a righteous man sings and rejoices.

⁷ A righteous man knows the rights of the poor;

a wicked man does not understand such knowledge.

⁸ Scoffers set a city aflame,

but the wise turn away wrath.

⁹ If a wise man has an argument with a fool,

the fool only rages and laughs, and there is no quiet.

¹⁰ Bloodthirsty men hate one who is blameless

and seek the life of the upright.

¹¹ A fool gives full vent to his spirit,

but a wise man quietly holds it back.

¹² If a ruler listens to falsehood,

all his officials will be wicked.
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²³ Whoever rebukes a man will afterward find more favor

than he who flatters with his tongue.

²⁴ Whoever robs his father or his mother

and says, “That is no transgression,”

is a companion to a man who destroys.

²⁵ A greedy man stirs up strife,

but the one who trusts in the Lord will be enriched.

²⁶ Whoever trusts in his own mind is a fool,

but he who walks in wisdom will be delivered.

²⁷ Whoever gives to the poor will not want,

but he who hides his eyes will get many a curse.

²⁸ When the wicked rise, people hide themselves,

but when they perish, the righteous increase.

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¹⁷ If one is burdened with the blood of another,

he will be a fugitive until death;

let no one help him.

¹⁸ Whoever walks in integrity will be delivered,

but he who is crooked in his ways will suddenly fall.

¹⁹ Whoever works his land will have plenty of bread,

but he who follows worthless pursuits will have plenty of poverty.

²⁰ A faithful man will abound with blessings,

but whoever hastens to be rich will not go unpunished.

²¹ To show partiality is not good,

but for a piece of bread a man will do wrong.

²² A stingy man hastens after wealth

and does not know that poverty will come upon him.

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¹⁰ Whoever misleads the upright into an evil way

will fall into his own pit,

but the blameless will have a goodly inheritance.

¹¹ A rich man is wise in his own eyes,

but a poor man who has understanding will find him out.

¹² When the righteous triumph, there is great glory,

but when the wicked rise, people hide themselves.

¹³ Whoever conceals his transgressions will not prosper,

but he who confesses and forsakes them will obtain mercy.

¹⁴ Blessed is the one who fears the Lord always,

but whoever hardens his heart will fall into calamity.

¹⁵ Like a roaring lion or a charging bear

is a wicked ruler over a poor people.

¹⁶ A ruler who lacks understanding is a cruel oppressor,

but he who hates unjust gain will prolong his days.

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¹ The wicked flee when no one pursues,

but the righteous are bold as a lion.

² When a land transgresses, it has many rulers,

but with a man of understanding and knowledge,

its stability will long continue.

³ A poor man who oppresses the poor

is a beating rain that leaves no food.

⁴ Those who forsake the law praise the wicked,

but those who keep the law strive against them.

⁵ Evil men do not understand justice,

but those who seek the Lord understand it completely.

⁶ Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity

than a rich man who is crooked in his ways.

⁷ The one who keeps the law is a son with understanding,

but a companion of gluttons shames his father.

⁸ Whoever multiplies his wealth by interest and profit

gathers it for him who is generous to the poor.

⁹ If one turns away his ear from hearing the law,

even his prayer is an abomination.

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¹⁷ Iron sharpens iron,

and one man sharpens another.

¹⁸ Whoever tends a fig tree will eat its fruit,

and he who guards his master will be honored.

¹⁹ As in water face reflects face,

so the heart of man reflects the man.

²⁰ Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied,

and never satisfied are the eyes of man.

²¹ The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold,

and a man is tested by his praise.

²² Crush a fool in a mortar with a pestle

along with crushed grain,

yet his folly will not depart from him.

²³ Know well the condition of your flocks,

and give attention to your herds,

²⁴ for riches do not last forever;

and does a crown endure to all generations?

²⁵ When the grass is gone and the new growth appears

and the vegetation of the mountains is gathered,

²⁶ the lambs will provide your clothing,

and the goats the price of a field.

²⁷ There will be enough goats’ milk for your food,

for the food of your household

and maintenance for your girls.

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⁷ One who is full loathes honey,

but to one who is hungry everything bitter is sweet.

⁸ Like a bird that strays from its nest

is a man who strays from his home.

⁹ Oil and perfume make the heart glad,

and the sweetness of a friend comes from his earnest counsel.

¹⁰ Do not forsake your friend and your father’s friend,

and do not go to your brother’s house in the day of your calamity.

Better is a neighbor who is near

than a brother who is far away.

¹¹ Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad,

that I may answer him who reproaches me.

¹² The prudent sees danger and hides himself,

but the simple go on and suffer for it.

¹³ Take a man’s garment when he has put up security for a stranger,

and hold it in pledge when he puts up security for an adulteress.

¹⁴ Whoever blesses his neighbor with a loud voice,

rising early in the morning,

will be counted as cursing.

¹⁵ A continual dripping on a rainy day

and a quarrelsome wife are alike;

¹⁶ to restrain her is to restrain the wind

or to grasp oil in one’s right hand.

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¹ Do not boast about tomorrow,

for you do not know what a day may bring.

² Let another praise you, and not your own mouth;

a stranger, and not your own lips.

³ A stone is heavy, and sand is weighty,

but a fool’s provocation is heavier than both.

⁴ Wrath is cruel, anger is overwhelming,

but who can stand before jealousy?

⁵ Better is open rebuke

than hidden love.

⁶ Faithful are the wounds of a friend;

profuse are the kisses of an enemy.

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¹⁷ Whoever meddles in a quarrel not his own

is like one who takes a passing dog by the ears.

¹⁸ Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death

¹⁹ is the man who deceives his neighbor

and says, “I am only joking!”

²⁰ For lack of wood the fire goes out,

and where there is no whisperer, quarreling ceases.

²¹ As charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,

so is a quarrelsome man for kindling strife.

²² The words of a whisperer are like delicious morsels;

they go down into the inner parts of the body.

²³ Like the glaze covering an earthen vessel

are fervent lips with an evil heart.

²⁴ Whoever hates disguises himself with his lips

and harbors deceit in his heart;

²⁵ when he speaks graciously, believe him not,

for there are seven abominations in his heart;

²⁶ though his hatred be covered with deception,

his wickedness will be exposed in the assembly.

²⁷ Whoever digs a pit will fall into it,

and a stone will come back on him who starts it rolling.

²⁸ A lying tongue hates its victims,

and a flattering mouth works ruin.

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¹² Do you see a man who is wise in his own eyes?

There is more hope for a fool than for him.

¹³ The sluggard says, “There is a lion in the road!

There is a lion in the streets!”

¹⁴ As a door turns on its hinges,

so does a sluggard on his bed.

¹⁵ The sluggard buries his hand in the dish;

it wears him out to bring it back to his mouth.

¹⁶ The sluggard is wiser in his own eyes

than seven men who can answer sensibly.

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