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

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

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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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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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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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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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10 The righteous care for the needs of their animals,(A)
    but the kindest acts 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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10 The wicked crave evil;
    their neighbors get no mercy from them.

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

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

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10 Where there is strife, there is pride,
    but wisdom is found in those who take advice.(A)

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25 The Lord tears down the house of the proud,(A)
    but he sets the widow’s boundary stones in place.(B)

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The Lord detests all the proud of heart.(A)
    Be sure of this: They will not go unpunished.(B)

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18 Pride(A) goes before destruction,
    a haughty spirit(B) before a fall.(C)

19 Better to be lowly in spirit along with the oppressed
    than to share plunder with the proud.

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12 Before a downfall the heart is haughty,
    but humility comes before honor.(A)

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10 It is not fitting for a fool(A) to live in luxury—
    how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!(B)

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Who can say, “I have kept my heart pure;(A)
    I am clean and without sin”?(B)

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