American Standard Version of 1901
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A wrathful man stirreth up contention;But he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife.
The way of the sluggard is as a hedge of thorns;But the path of the upright is made a highway.
A wise son maketh a glad father;But a foolish man despiseth his mother.
Folly is joy to him that is void of {Hebrew: heart.}wisdom;But a man of understanding maketh straight his going.
Where there is no counsel, purposes are disappointed;But in the multitude of counsellors they are established.
A man hath joy in the answer of his mouth;And a word in due season, how good is it!
To the wise the way of life goeth upward,That he may depart from Sheol beneath.
Jehovah will root up the house of the proud;But he will establish the border of the widow.
Whence come wars and whence come fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your pleasures that war in your members?
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and {Greek: are jealous.}covet, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war; ye have not, because ye ask not.
Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss, that ye may spend it in your pleasures.