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Ezra Chapter 12

1 Whoso loveth instruction loveth knowledge: but he that hateth

2 A good man obtaineth favour of the LORD: but a man of wicked

3 A man shall not be established by wickedness: but the root of the

4 A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband: but she that maketh

5 The thoughts of the righteous are right: but the counsels of the

6 The words of the wicked are to lie in wait for blood: but the

7 The wicked are overthrown, and are not: but the house of the

8 A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is

9 He that is despised, and hath a servant, is better than he that

10 A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast: but the tender

11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he

12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the

13 The wicked is snared by the transgression of his lips: but the

14 A man shall be satisfied with good by the fruit of his mouth:

15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that

16 A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth

17 He that speaketh truth sheweth forth righteousness: but a false

18 There is that speaketh like the piercings of a sword: but the

19 The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying

20 Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil: but to the

21 There shall no evil happen to the just: but the wicked shall be

22 Lying lips are abomination to the LORD: but they that deal truly

23 A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools

24 The hand of the diligent shall bear rule: but the slothful shall

25 Heaviness in the heart of man maketh it stoop: but a good word

26 The righteous is more excellent than his neighbour: but the way

27 The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting: but

28 In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof