When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with humility comes wisdom. | When pride comes, then comes shame, but with humility comes wisdom. |
The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity. | The integrity of the upright shall guide them, but the perverseness of the treacherous shall destroy them. |
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Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. | Riches don’t profit in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death. |
With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors, but through knowledge the righteous escape. | With his mouth the godless man destroys his neighbor, but the righteous will be delivered through knowledge. |
A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret. | One who brings gossip betrays a confidence, but one who is of a trustworthy spirit is one who keeps a secret. |
A wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. | Wicked people earn deceitful wages, but one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward. |
A generous person will prosper; whoever refreshes others will be refreshed. | The liberal soul shall be made fat. He who waters shall be watered also himself. |