181An unfriendly man pursues selfishness,and defies all sound judgment.+2A fool has no delight in understanding,but only in revealing his own opinion.+3When wickedness comes, contempt also comes,and with shame comes disgrace.+4The words of a man’s mouth are like deep waters.The fountain of wisdom is like a flowing brook.+5To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good,nor to deprive the innocent of justice.+6A fool’s lips come into strife,and his mouth invites beatings.+7A fool’s mouth is his destruction,and his lips are a snare to his soul.+8The words of a gossip are like dainty morsels:they go down into a person’s innermost parts.+9One who is slack in his workis brother to him who is a master of destruction.+10Yahweh’s name is a strong tower:the righteous run to him, and are safe.+11The rich man’s wealth is his strong city,like an unscalable wall in his own imagination.+12Before destruction the heart of man is proud,but before honor is humility.+13He who gives answer before he hears,that is folly and shame to him.+14A man’s spirit will sustain him in sickness,but a crushed spirit, who can bear?+15The heart of the discerning gets knowledge.The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.+16A man’s gift makes room for him,and brings him before great men.+17He who pleads his cause first seems right;until another comes and questions him.+18The lot settles disputes,and keeps strong ones apart.+19A brother offended is more difficult than a fortified city;and disputes are like the bars of a fortress.+20A man’s stomach is filled with the fruit of his mouth.With the harvest of his lips he is satisfied.+21Death and life are in the power of the tongue;those who love it will eat its fruit.+22Whoever finds a wife finds a good thing,and obtains favor of Yahweh.+23The poor plead for mercy,but the rich answer harshly.+24A man of many companions may be ruined,but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.+
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