Proverbs 12:23-13:9 (Vespers, 2nd reading)
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- A prudent man conceals knowledge, but the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.
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- The hand of the diligent will rule, but the lazy man will be put to forced labor.
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- Anxiety in the heart of man causes depression, but a good word makes it glad.
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- The righteous should choose his friends carefully, for the way of the wicked leads them astray.
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- The lazy man does not roast what he took in hunting, but diligence is man’s precious possession.
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- In the way of righteousness is life, and in its pathway there is no death.
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- A wise son heeds his father’s instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
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- A man shall eat well by the fruit of his mouth, but the soul of the unfaithful feeds on violence.
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- He who guards his mouth preserves his life, but he who opens wide his lips shall have destruction.
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- The soul of a lazy man desires, and has nothing; but the soul of the diligent shall be made rich.
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- A righteous man hates lying, but a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.
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- Righteousness guards him whose way is blameless, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
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- There is one who makes himself rich, yet has nothing; And one who makes himself poor, yet has great riches.
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- The ransom of a man’s life is his riches, but the poor does not hear rebuke.
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- The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked shall be extinguished.