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²³A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
²⁴The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall be under tribute.
²⁵Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.
²⁶The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way of the wicked seduceth them.
²⁷The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but the substance of a diligent man is precious.
²⁸In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

13A wise son heareth his father’s instruction: but a scorner heareth not rebuke.
²A man shall eat good by the fruit of his mouth: but the soul of the transgressors shall eat violence.
³He that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life: but he that openeth wide his lips shall have destruction.
⁴The soul of the sluggard desireth, and hath nothing: but the soul of the diligent shall be made fat.
⁵A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.
⁶Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
⁷There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.
⁸The ransom of a man’s life are his riches: but the poor heareth not rebuke.
⁹The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.