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Wine is a mocker,
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strong drink is raging: |
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and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. |
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The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion:
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whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. |
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It is an honor for a man to cease from strife:
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but every fool will be meddling. |
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The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold;
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therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. |
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Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water;
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but a man of understanding will draw it out. |
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Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness:
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but a faithful man who can find? |
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The just man walketh in his integrity:
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his children are blessed after him. |
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A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment
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scattereth away all evil with his eyes. |
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Who can say, I have made my heart clean,
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Divers weights, and divers measures,
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both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. |
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Even a child is known by his doings,
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whether his work be pure, |
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and whether it be right. |
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The hearing ear, and the seeing eye,
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the LORD hath made even both of them. |
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Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty:
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open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. |
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It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer:
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but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. |
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There is gold, and a multitude of rubies:
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but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. |
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Take his garment that is surety for a stranger:
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and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. |
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Bread of deceit is sweet to a man;
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but afterward his mouth shall be filled with gravel. |
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Every purpose is established by counsel:
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and with good advice make war. |
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He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets:
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therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. |
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Whoso curseth his father or his mother,
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his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. |
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An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning;
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but the end thereof shall not be blessed. |
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Say not thou, I will recompense evil;
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but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. |
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Divers weights are an abomination unto the LORD;
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and a false balance is not good. |
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Man's goings are of the LORD;
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how can a man then understand his own way? |
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It is a snare to the man who devoureth that which is holy,
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and after vows to make inquiry. |
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A wise king scattereth the wicked,
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and bringeth the wheel over them. |
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The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD,
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searching all the inward parts of the belly. |
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Mercy and truth preserve the king:
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and his throne is upholden by mercy. |
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The glory of young men is their strength:
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and the beauty of old men is the gray head. |
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The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil:
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so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. |
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