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Proverbs 12
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If You Love Learning

12If you love learning, you love the discipline that goes with it— how shortsighted to refuse correction!H157H4148H157H1847H8130H8433H1198
2A good person basks in the delight of GOD, and he wants nothing to do with devious schemers.H2896H6329H7522H3068H376H4209H7561
3You can't find firm footing in a swamp, but life rooted in God stands firm.H120H3559H7562H8328H6662H4131
4A hearty wife invigorates her husband, but a frigid woman is cancer in the bones.H2428H802H5850H1167H954H7538H6106
5The thinking of principled people makes for justice; the plots of degenerates corrupt.H4284H6662H4941H8458H7563H4820
6The words of the wicked kill; the speech of the upright saves.H1697H7563H693H1818H6310H3477H5337
7Wicked people fall to pieces—there's nothing to them; the homes of good people hold together.H7563H2015H1004H6662H5975
8A person who talks sense is honored; airheads are held in contempt.H376H1984H6310H7922H5753H3820H937
9Better to be ordinary and work for a living than act important and starve in the process.H7034H5650H2896H3513H2638H3899
10Good people are good to their animals; the "good-hearted" bad people kick and abuse them.H6662H3045H5315H929H7356H7563H394
11The one who stays on the job has food on the table; the witless chase whims and fancies.H5647H127H7646H3899H7291H7386H2638H3820
12What the wicked construct finally falls into ruin, while the roots of the righteous give life, and more life.H7563H2530H4685H7451H8328H6662H5414

Wise People Take Advice

13The gossip of bad people gets them in trouble; the conversation of good people keeps them out of it.H7451H4170H6588H8193H6662H3318H6869
14Well-spoken words bring satisfaction; well-done work has its own reward.H376H7646H2896H6529H6310H1576H120H3027H7725H7725
15Fools are headstrong and do what they like; wise people take advice.H1870H191H3477H5869H8085H6098H2450
16Fools have short fuses and explode all too quickly; the prudent quietly shrug off insults.H191H3708H3117H3045H6175H3680H7036
17Truthful witness by a good person clears the air, but liars lay down a smoke screen of deceit.H6315H530H5046H6664H8267H5707H4820
18Rash language cuts and maims, but there is healing in the words of the wise.H3426H981H4094H2719H3956H2450H4832
19Truth lasts; lies are here today, gone tomorrow.H8193H571H3559H5703H8267H3956H7280
20Evil scheming distorts the schemer; peace-planning brings joy to the planner.H4820H3820H2790H7451H3289H7965H8057
21No evil can overwhelm a good person, but the wicked have their hands full of it.H205H579H6662H7563H4390H7451
22God can't stomach liars; he loves the company of those who keep their word.H8267H8193H8441H3068H6213H530H7522
23Prudent people don't flaunt their knowledge; talkative fools broadcast their silliness.H6175H120H3680H1847H3820H3684H7121H200
24The diligent find freedom in their work; the lazy are oppressed by work.H3027H2742H4910H7423H4522
25Worry weighs us down; a cheerful word picks us up.H1674H3820H376H7812H2896H1697H8055
26A good person survives misfortune, but a wicked life invites disaster.H6662H8446H7453H1870H7563H8582
27A lazy life is an empty life, but "early to rise" gets the job done.H7423H2760H6718H1952H2742H120H3368
28Good men and women travel right into life; sin's detours take you straight to hell.H734H6666H2416H5410H1870H4194


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