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• A gracious woman acquires honour, violent people acquire wealth. (Proverbs 11, 16)

• The people's curse is on those who hoard the wheat, their blessing on the head of those who sell it. (Proverbs 11, 26)

• With people of discretion, wisdom keeps a watch over their conduct, but the folly of fools leads them astray. (Proverbs 14, 8)

• Simpletons have folly for their portion, people of discretion knowledge for their crown. (Proverbs 14, 18)

• Faithful love is what people look for in a person; they prefer the poor to a liar. (Proverbs 19, 22)

• Many describe themselves as people of faithful love, but who can find someone really to be trusted? (Proverbs 20, 6)

• The idler thinks himself wiser than seven people who answer with discretion. (Proverbs 26, 16)

• When the upright triumph, there is great exultation: when the wicked are in the ascendant, people take cover. (Proverbs 28, 12)

• Like a roaring lion or a springing bear is a wicked ruler of a powerless people. (Proverbs 28, 15)

• It is not good to show partiality, but people will do wrong for a mouthful of bread. (Proverbs 28, 21)

• When the wicked are in the ascendant, people take cover, but when they perish, the upright multiply. (Proverbs 28, 28)

• When the upright are on the increase, the people rejoice; when the wicked are in power, the people groan. (Proverbs 29, 2)