• • • A Guide to Journaling & Prayer
    • A Guide to Self-Reflection
    • A chart to help articulate feelings

¹³ If one gives an answer before he hears,

it is his folly and shame.

¹⁴ A man’s spirit will endure sickness,

but a crushed spirit who can bear?

¹⁵ An intelligent heart acquires knowledge,

and the ear of the wise seeks knowledge.

¹⁶ A man’s gift makes room for him

and brings him before the great.

¹⁷ The one who states his case first seems right,

until the other comes and examines him.

¹⁸ The lot puts an end to quarrels

and decides between powerful contenders.

¹⁹ A brother offended is more unyielding than a strong city,

and quarreling is like the bars of a castle.

²⁰ From the fruit of a man’s mouth his stomach is satisfied;

he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.

²¹ Death and life are in the power of the tongue,

and those who love it will eat its fruits.

²² He who finds a wife finds a good thing

and obtains favor from the Lord.

²³ The poor use entreaties,

but the rich answer roughly.

²⁴ A man of many companions may come to ruin,

but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.

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