17 Better a dish of vegetables where there is love than a fattened ox with hatred.
Proverbs 15:17
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Proverbs 17:1–2
1 Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife. 2 A wise servant will rule over a disgraceful son and share his inheritance as one of the brothers.
Sirach 29:21–23
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Proverbs 27:4–6
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Proverbs 10:11–13
11 The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence. 12 Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers all transgressions. 13 Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
Sirach 10:26–28
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Proverbs 12:8–10
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Proverbs 16:7–9
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Proverbs 14:3–5
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