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Keep your mouth free of perversity; keep corrupt talk far from your lips.
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You will say, “How I hated discipline! How my heart spurned correction!
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The evil deeds of the wicked ensnare them; the cords of their sins hold them fast.
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A troublemaker and a villain, who goes about with a corrupt mouth,
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For this command is a lamp, this teaching is a light, and correction and instruction are the way to life,
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He was going down the street near her corner, walking along in the direction of her house
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now in the street, now in the squares, at every corner she lurks.)
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Whoever corrects a mocker invites insults; whoever rebukes the wicked incurs abuse.
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Whoever heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.
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Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but whoever hates correction is stupid.
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Whoever disregards discipline comes to poverty and shame, but whoever heeds correction is honored.
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A fool spurns a parent’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.
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Stern discipline awaits anyone who leaves the path; the one who hates correction will die.
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Mockers resent correction, so they avoid the wise.
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Whoever heeds life-giving correction will be at home among the wise.
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Those who disregard discipline despise themselves, but the one who heeds correction gains understanding.
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One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper; one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.
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A corrupt witness mocks at justice, and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.
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Better to live on a corner of the roof than share a house with a quarrelsome wife.
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Thirty Sayings of the Wise
Saying 1
Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach,
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Saying 10
Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words.
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Saying 11
Do not move an ancient boundary stone or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,
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Saying 12
Apply your heart to instruction and your ears to words of knowledge.
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Saying 13
Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you punish them with the rod, they will not die.
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Saying 14
My son, if your heart is wise, then my heart will be glad indeed;
