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Rh :The words of a whisperer are as dainty morsels,
 * And they go down into the innermost parts of the belly.


 * Even one that is slack in his work
 * Is brother to him that is a destroyer.


 * The name of the is a strong tower:
 * The righteous runneth into it, and is set up on high.


 * The rich man's wealth is his strong city,
 * And as a high wall in his own conceit.


 * Before destruction the heart of a man is haughty,
 * And before honour goeth humility.


 * He that giveth answer before he heareth,
 * It is folly and confusion unto him.


 * The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity;
 * But a broken spirit who can bear?


 * The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge;
 * And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.


 * A man's gift maketh room for him,
 * And bringeth him before great men.


 * He that pleadeth his cause first seemeth just;
 * But his neighbour cometh and searcheth him out.


 * The lot causeth strife to cease,
 * And parteth asunder the contentious.


 * A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city;
 * And their contentions are like the bars of a castle.


 * A man's belly shall be filled with the fruit of his mouth;
 * With the increase of his lips shall he be satisfied.


 * Death and life are in the power of the tongue;
 * And they that indulge it shall eat the fruit thereof.


 * Whoso findeth a wife findeth a great good,
 * And obtaineth favour of the.


 * The poor useth entreaties;
 * But the rich answereth impudently.


 * There are friends that one hath to his own hurt;
 * But there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother.


 * Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity
 * Than he that is perverse in his lips and a fool at the same time.


 * Also, that the soul be without knowledge is not good;
 * And he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.


 * The foolishness of man perverteth his way;
 * And his heart fretteth against the.


 * Wealth addeth many friends;
 * But as for the poor, his friend separateth himself from him.


 * A false witness shall not be unpunished;