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Better is a dry morsel and quietness therewith, than a house full of feasting with strife

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A servant that dealeth wisely shall have rule over a son that dealeth shamefully, and shall have part of the inheritance among the brethren

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The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold; but HaShem trieth the hearts

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A evil-doer giveth heed to wicked lips; and a liar giveth ear to a mischievous tongue

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Whoso mocketh the poor blasphemeth his Maker; and he that is glad at calamity shall not be unpunished

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Children's children are the crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers

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Overbearing speech becometh not a churl; much less do lying lips a prince

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A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it; whithersoever he turneth, he prospereth

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He that covereth a transgression seeketh love; but he that harpeth on a matter estrangeth a familiar friend

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A rebuke entereth deeper into a man of understanding than a hundred stripes into a fool

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An rebellious man seeketh only evil; therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him

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Let a bear robbed of her whelps meet a man, rather than a fool in his folly

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Whoso rewardeth evil for good, evil shall not depart from his house

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The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water; therefore leave off contention, before the quarrel break out

17:015

He that justifieth the wicked, and he that condemneth the righteous, even they both are an abomination to HaShem

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Wherefore is there a price in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom, seeing he hath no understanding

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A friend loveth at all times, and a brother is born for adversity

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A man void of understanding is he that striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his neighbour

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He loveth transgression that loveth strife; he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction

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He that hath a froward heart findeth no good; and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into evil

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He that begetteth a fool doeth it to his sorrow; and the father of a churl hath no joy

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A merry heart is a good medicine; but a broken spirit drieth the bones

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A wicked man taketh a gift out of the bosom, to pervert the ways of justice

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Wisdom is before him that hath understanding; but the eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth

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A foolish son is vexation to his father, and bitterness to her that bore him

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To punish also the righteous is not good, nor to strike the noble for their uprightness

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He that spareth his words hath knowledge; and he that husbandeth his spirit is a man of discernment

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Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise; and he that shutteth his lips is esteemed as a man of understanding