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- Arrogant lips are unsuited to a fool-- how much worse lying lips to a ruler!
- A bribe is a charm to the one who gives it; wherever he turns, he succeeds.
- He who covers over an offense promotes love, but whoever repeats the matter separates close friends.
- A rebuke impresses a man of discernment more than a hundred lashes a fool.
- An evil man is bent only on rebellion; a merciless official will be sent against him.
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- Better to meet a bear robbed of her cubs than a fool in his folly.
- If a man pays back evil for good, evil will never leave his house.
- Starting a quarrel is like breaching a dam; so drop the matter before a dispute breaks out.
- Acquitting the guilty and condemning the innocent-- the LORD detests them both.
- Of what use is money in the hand of a fool, since he has no desire to get wisdom?
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- A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity.
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