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²¹The human mind may devise many plans,
but it is the purpose of the Lord that will be established.
²²What is desirable in a person is loyalty,
and it is better to be poor than a liar.
²³The fear of the Lord is life indeed;
filled with it one rests secure
and suffers no harm.
²⁴The lazy person buries a hand in the dish,
and will not even bring it back to the mouth.
²⁵Strike a scoffer, and the simple will learn prudence;
reprove the intelligent, and they will gain knowledge.
²⁶Those who do violence to their father and chase away their mother
are children who cause shame and bring reproach.
²⁷Cease straying, my child, from the words of knowledge,
in order that you may hear instruction.
²⁸A worthless witness mocks at justice,
and the mouth of the wicked devours iniquity.
²⁹Condemnation is ready for scoffers,
and flogging for the backs of fools.