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Maintain your competence and discretion.
My son, don’t lose sight of them.

Verse ConceptsInsightDiscernmentpreservation

Don’t lose sight of them;
keep them within your heart.

Then loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man

Verse ConceptsBanditsAvoiding Poverty

Wounds will be his and loss of honour, and his shame may not be washed away.

Verse ConceptsDisfigurement Of SinObliterationWoundsLosing HonourInfidelity

He who makes himself responsible for a strange man will undergo much loss; but the hater of such undertakings will be safe.

Verse ConceptsCreditBorrowing, SuretyBeing In DebtPledgesSafetySecurityDebtLosing A FriendLosing FriendsProtecting Your FamilyProtection From Danger

A woman who is full of grace is honoured, but a woman hating righteousness is a seat of shame: those hating work will undergo loss, but the strong keep their wealth.

Verse ConceptsBeing A Women Of GodBeing A WomenProfitsFrugalityPursuing ViolenceGetting RichSource Of HonourWomen's Strengthwomanhoodgraciousness

Much food is in the tillage of the poor; but there is that is lost for want of judgment.

Verse ConceptsPoverty, Causes OfPlenty For The PoorAgricultureInjusticeFeeding The Poor

It's better to meet a mother bear who has lost her cubs than a fool in his stupidity.

Verse ConceptsBearsEvil AssociationsMeeting PeopleBereavementFoolsMotherhood

When the evil-doer comes, a low opinion comes with him, and with the loss of honour comes shame.

Verse ConceptsContempt, Examples OfLosing Honourwickedness

The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

Verse ConceptsCompliments

So loss will come on you like an outlaw, and your need like an armed man.

Verse ConceptsBanditsIdleness Leads ToSloth, Leads ToAvoiding Povertyrelaxation