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Kind words are like the fruit of a tree that gives life.
    But words that are not honest make people sad and weak.
A fool hates his father's rules.
    But a wise child learns when his father warns him.
Righteous people have many valuable things in their homes.
    But the riches of wicked people bring trouble to them.

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The soothing tongue(A) is a tree of life,(B)
    but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.(C)

A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
    but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.(D)

The house of the righteous contains great treasure,(E)
    but the income of the wicked brings ruin.(F)

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