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12Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
but those who hate to be rebuked are stupid.
²The good obtain favor from the Lord,
but those who devise evil he condemns.
³No one finds security by wickedness,
but the root of the righteous will never be moved.
⁴A good wife is the crown of her husband,
but she who brings shame is like rottenness in his bones.
⁵The thoughts of the righteous are just;
the advice of the wicked is treacherous.
⁶The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush,
but the speech of the upright delivers them.
⁷The wicked are overthrown and are no more,
but the house of the righteous will stand.
⁸One is commended for good sense,
but a perverse mind is despised.
⁹Better to be despised and have a servant,
than to be self-important and lack food.