12 Hatred stirs up conflict,
    but love covers over all wrongs.(A)

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12 Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.

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17 Better a small serving of vegetables with love
    than a fattened calf with hatred.(A)

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17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.

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Whoever mocks the poor(A) shows contempt for their Maker;(B)
    whoever gloats over disaster(C) will not go unpunished.(D)

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Whoso mocketh the poor reproacheth his Maker: and he that is glad at calamities shall not be unpunished.

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Saying 28

17 Do not gloat(A) when your enemy falls;
    when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice,(B)
18 or the Lord will see and disapprove
    and turn his wrath away from them.(C)

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17 Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

18 Lest the Lord see it, and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

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21 If your enemy is hungry, give him food to eat;
    if he is thirsty, give him water to drink.
22 In doing this, you will heap burning coals(A) on his head,
    and the Lord will reward you.(B)

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21 If thine enemy be hungry, give him bread to eat; and if he be thirsty, give him water to drink:

22 For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee.

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16 A kindhearted woman gains honor,(A)
    but ruthless men gain only wealth.

17 Those who are kind benefit themselves,
    but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.

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16 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.

17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.

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10 The righteous care for the needs of their animals,(A)
    but the kindest acts of the wicked are cruel.

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10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel.

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25 Anxiety weighs down the heart,(A)
    but a kind word cheers it up.

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25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word maketh it glad.

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10 The wicked crave evil;
    their neighbors get no mercy from them.

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10 The soul of the wicked desireth evil: his neighbour findeth no favour in his eyes.

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16 If you find honey, eat just enough—
    too much of it, and you will vomit.(A)
17 Seldom set foot in your neighbor’s house—
    too much of you, and they will hate you.

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16 Hast thou found honey? eat so much as is sufficient for thee, lest thou be filled therewith, and vomit it.

17 Withdraw thy foot from thy neighbour's house; lest he be weary of thee, and so hate thee.

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When pride comes, then comes disgrace,(A)
    but with humility comes wisdom.(B)

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When pride cometh, then cometh shame: but with the lowly is wisdom.

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Better to be a nobody and yet have a servant
    than pretend to be somebody and have no food.

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He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that honoureth himself, and lacketh bread.

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One person pretends to be rich, yet has nothing;(A)
    another pretends to be poor, yet has great wealth.(B)

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There is that maketh himself rich, yet hath nothing: there is that maketh himself poor, yet hath great riches.

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