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Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler; and whosoever erreth thereby is not wise. |
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The terror of a king is as the roaring of a lion: he that provoketh him to anger sinneth {cf15i against} his own life. |
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It is an honour for a man to keep aloof from strife: but every fool will be quarrelling. |
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The slothful will not plow by reason of the winter; therefore he shall beg in harvest, and have nothing. |
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Counsel in the heart of man is {cf15i like} deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. |
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Most men wilt proclaim every one his own kindness: but a faithful man who can find? |
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A just man that walketh in his integrity, blessed are his children after him. |
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A king that sitteth on the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. |
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Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? |
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Divers weights, and divers measures, both of them alike are an abomination to the LORD. |
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Even a child maketh himself known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. |
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The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. |
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Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, {cf15i and} thou shalt be satisfied with bread. |
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It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. |
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There is gold, and abundance of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. |
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Take his garment that is surety for a stranger; and hold him in pledge {cf15i that is surety} for strangers. |
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Bread of falsehood is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. |
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Every purpose is established by counsel: and by wise guidance make thou war, |
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He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that openeth wide his lips. |
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Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in the blackest darkness. |
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An inheritance {cf15i may be} gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. |
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Say not thou, I will recompense evil: wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. |
23
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Divers weights are an abomination to the LORD; and a false balance is not good. |
24
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A man-s goings are of the LORD; how then can man understand his way? |
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It is a snare to a man rashly to say, {cf15i It is} holy, and after vows to make inquiry. |
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A wise king winnoweth the wicked, and bringeth the {cf15i threshing} wheel over them. |
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The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all the innermost parts of the belly. |
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Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy. |
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The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the hoary head. |
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Stripes that wound cleanse away evil: and strokes {cf15i reach} the innermost parts of the belly. |
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