Wisdom ~ more priceless wisdom from Proverbs:
8:33 * Listen to instruction and be wise and do not refuse it.
9:9 * Give instruction to the wise and they will be wiser.
10:11 The mouth of a righteous person is a well of life. But violence covers the mouths of the wicked.
11:14 * Where no counsel is, the people fall, but in the multitude of counselors there is safety.
11:17 The merciful do good to their own soul. But those who are cruel trouble their own flesh.
11:19 Righteousness is to life. Those who pursue evil pursue it to their own death.
11:22 A pretty woman without discretion is like a jewel of gold in a pig's snout.
11:28 Those who trust in riches will fall, but the righteous will flourish.
12:15 * The way of fools is right in their own eyes, but one who heeds counsel is wise.
12:25 Heaviness in the heart makes one stoop, but a good word makes one glad.
13:10 * Contention comes from pride, but from the well advised comes wisdom.
13:11 Wealth gotten by vanity will diminish, but one who gathers by labor will increase.
13:18 Poverty and shame come to those who refuse instruction, but those who regard reproof will be honored.
14:29 One who is slow to wrath is of great understanding, but one who is hasty of spirit exalts folly.
15:1 A soft answer turns away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger.
15:2 The tongue of the wise use knowledge rightly, but the mouths of fools pour out foolishness.
15:22 * Without counsel purposes are disappointed. But in the multitude of counselors purposes are established.
15:31 * The ear that hears the reproof of life abides among the wise.
15:32 * Those who refuse instruction despise their own soul. But those who hear and heed reproof gain understanding.
16:18 Pride goes before destruction and a haughty spirit before a fall.
16:28 A contrary person sows strife and a whisperer separates chief friends.
16:32 One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty.
17:9 Those who cover a transgression seek love, but those who repeat a matter separate friends.
17:22 A merry heart does good like a medicine, but a broken spirit dries the bones.
17:27 Those who have knowledge spare their words.
17:27 (paraphrase) Those of few words and settled mind are wise.
17:28 (paraphrase) Even a fool is thought to be wise when he is silent. Keep your mouth shut.
18:21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue ...
19:5 A false witness will not be unpunished. One who speaks lies will not escape.
19:11 Discretion defers anger. It is to one's credit to pass over a transgression.
19:20 Hear counsel and receive instruction so that you may be wise.
20:3 It is an honor to cease from strife, but every fool will continue meddling.
20:18 Every purpose is established by wise counsel.
21:23 Whoever keeps the mouth and the tongue still keeps the soul from trouble.
22:1 A good name is better to be chosen than great riches.
22:6 Train up children in the way they should go, and when they are old they will not depart from it.
22:24 Do not make make a friendship with an angry person.
22:26 Do not be a cosigner for the debts of others.
23:7 For as one thinks in their heart, so are they.
23:9 Do not speak in the ears of fools, for they will despise the wisdom.
26:4 Do not answer a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like them.
26:20 Where no wood is, the fire goes out, so where there is no talebearer, strife ceases.
27:2 Let others praise you, not your own mouth.
27:5 Open rebuke is better than secret love.
27:12 A prudent person foresees the evil and hides. The simple continue on and are punished.
27:17 Iron sharpens iron. So also a friend sharpens the countenance of a friend.
28:26 Those who trust in their own hearts are fools.
29:23 A person's pride will bring them low, but honor will uphold the humble in spirit.
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