So it is with the one who sleeps with
another man’s wife;
no one who touches her will go unpunished.

One person gives freely,
yet gains more;
another withholds what is right,
only to become poor.

There is life in the path of righteousness,
but another path leads to death.

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One man pretends to be rich but has nothing;
another pretends to be poor but has great wealth.

The first to state his case seems right
until another comes and cross-examines him.

“They struck me, but I feel no pain!
They beat me, but I didn’t know it!
When will I wake up?
I’ll look for another drink.”

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Make your case with your opponent
without revealing another’s secret;

Let another praise you, and not your own mouth—
a stranger, and not your own lips.

Iron sharpens iron,
and one man sharpens another.