It is an honour for a man to
keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarrelling.
The sluggard does not plow in the autumn; he will seek at harvest and have
nothing.
The purpose in a man's heart is like deep water, but a man of understanding
will draw it out.
Many a man proclaims his own steadfast love, but a faithful man who can find?
The righteous who walks in his integrity—blessed are his children after him!
Who can say, “I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin”?
Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
Even a child makes himself
known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.
The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the Lord has made them both.
Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have
plenty of bread.
There is gold and abundance of
costly stones, but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
Whoever goes about slandering
reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with a simple babbler.
If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter
darkness.
An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
Do not say, “I will repay evil”; wait for the Lord, and he will deliver you.
Unequal weights are an abomination to the Lord, and false scales are not good.
A man's steps are from the Lord;
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