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Chapter 12

On the Way of Righteousness[a]

Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge,
    but the one who hates correction is stupid.
The good man wins the favor of the Lord,
    but the malicious man incurs his condemnation.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:1 In this endless and already known variation on the theme of the righteous and the wicked and the sage and the fool, one could perhaps note a more marked insistence on truth in human relationships and on dislike of the foolish word. However, each maxim brings its own observation or its own teaching from popular good sense and sometimes from its religious certitude. From time to time, opposing portraits of women are evoked.