| Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. | Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established. |
| Happy are those who find wisdom, and those who get understanding. | Blessed is the one who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding. |
| Lying lips conceal hatred, and whoever utters slander is a fool. | The one who conceals hatred has lying lips, and whoever utters slander is a fool. |
| For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord. | For whoever finds me finds life and obtains favor from the Lord. |
| Train children in the right way, and when old, they will not stray. | Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. |
| In all toil there is profit, but mere talk leads only to poverty. | In all toil there is profit, but mere talk tends only to poverty. |
| Fools show their anger at once, but the prudent ignore an insult. | The vexation of a fool is known at once, but the prudent ignores an insult. |
| A fool's lips bring strife, and a fool's mouth invites a flogging. | A fool's lips walk into a fight, and his mouth invites a beating. |
| Anxiety weighs down the human heart, but a good word cheers it up. | Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad. |
| Like a city breached, without walls, is one who lacks self-control. | A man without self-control is like a city broken into and left without walls. |
| A capable wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. | An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. |
| When pride comes, then comes disgrace; but wisdom is with the humble. | When pride comes, then comes disgrace, but with the humble is wisdom. |
| Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. | Put away from you crooked speech, and put devious talk far from you. |
| The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it. | The blessing of the Lord makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it. |
| Keep straight the path of your feet, and all your ways will be sure. | Ponder the path of your feet; then all your ways will be sure. |
| Wealth is a ransom for a person's life, but the poor get no threats. | The ransom of a man's life is his wealth, but a poor man hears no threat. |
| Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. | Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. |
| Speak out, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. | Open your mouth, judge righteously, defend the rights of the poor and needy. |
| A fool gives full vent to anger, but the wise quietly holds it back. | A fool gives full vent to his spirit, but a wise man quietly holds it back. |
| Without counsel, plans go wrong, but with many advisers they succeed. | Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed. |
| Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life and honor. | Whoever pursues righteousness and kindness will find life, righteousness, and honor. |
| Just as water reflects the face, so one human heart reflects another. | As in water face reflects face, so the heart of man reflects the man. |
| To get wisdom is to love oneself; to keep understanding is to prosper. | Whoever gets sense loves his own soul; he who keeps understanding will discover good. |
| A friend loves at all times, and kinsfolk are born to share adversity. | A friend loves at all times, and a brother is born for adversity. |
| A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies. | A faithful witness does not lie, but a false witness breathes out lies. |
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