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for receiving instruction in prudent behavior, doing what is right and just and fair;
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He who gathers crops in summer is a prudent son, but he who sleeps during harvest is a disgraceful son.
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Sin is not ended by multiplying words, but the prudent hold their tongues.
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Fools show their annoyance at once, but the prudent overlook an insult.
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The prudent keep their knowledge to themselves, but a fool’s heart blurts out folly.
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All who are prudent act with knowledge, but fools expose their folly.
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The wisdom of the prudent is to give thought to their ways, but the folly of fools is deception.
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The simple believe anything, but the prudent give thought to their steps.
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The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
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The path of life leads upward for the prudent to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.
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Prudence is a fountain of life to the prudent, but folly brings punishment to fools.
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The hearts of the wise make their mouths prudent, and their lips promote instruction.
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A prudent servant will rule over a disgraceful son and will share the inheritance as one of the family.
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Houses and wealth are inherited from parents, but a prudent wife is from the Lord.
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The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
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Saying 10
Do not speak to fools, for they will scorn your prudent words.
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The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.
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A Message About Edom
Concerning Edom: This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Is there no longer wisdom in Teman? Has counsel perished from the prudent? Has their wisdom decayed?
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Therefore the prudent keep quiet in such times, for the times are evil.