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12:1  If you love learning, you love the discipline that goes with it— how shortsighted to refuse correction!
12:2  A good person basks in the delight of God, and he wants nothing to do with devious schemers.
12:3  You can’t find firm footing in a swamp, but life rooted in God stands firm.
12:4  A hearty wife invigorates her husband, but a frigid woman is cancer in the bones.
12:5  The thinking of principled people makes for justice; the plots of degenerates corrupt.
12:6  The words of the wicked kill; the speech of the upright saves.
12:7  Wicked people fall to pieces—there’s nothing to them; the homes of good people hold together.
12:8  A person who talks sense is honored; airheads are held in contempt.
12:9  Better to be ordinary and work for a living than act important and starve in the process.
12:10  Good people are good to their animals; the “good-hearted” bad people kick and abuse them.
12:11  The one who stays on the job has food on the table; the witless chase whims and fancies.
12:12  What the wicked construct finally falls into ruin, while the roots of the righteous give life, and more life.
12:13  The gossip of bad people gets them in trouble; the conversation of good people keeps them out of it.
12:14  Well-spoken words bring satisfaction; well-done work has its own reward.
12:15  Fools are headstrong and do what they like; wise people take advice.
12:16  Fools have short fuses and explode all too quickly; the prudent quietly shrug off insults.
12:17  Truthful witness by a good person clears the air, but liars lay down a smoke screen of deceit.
12:18  Rash language cuts and maims, but there is healing in the words of the wise.
12:19  Truth lasts; lies are here today, gone tomorrow.
12:20  Evil scheming distorts the schemer; peace-planning brings joy to the planner.
12:21  No evil can overwhelm a good person, but the wicked have their hands full of it.
12:22  God can’t stomach liars; he loves the company of those who keep their word.
12:23  Prudent people don’t flaunt their knowledge; talkative fools broadcast their silliness.
12:24  The diligent find freedom in their work; the lazy are oppressed by work.
12:25  Worry weighs us down; a cheerful word picks us up.
12:26  A good person survives misfortune, but a wicked life invites disaster.
12:27  A lazy life is an empty life, but “early to rise” gets the job done.
12:28  Good men and women travel right into life; sin’s detours take you straight to hell.