7: Wisdom is too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the
gate. |
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8: He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous
person. |
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9: The thought of foolishness is sin: and the scorner is an
abomination to men. |
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10: If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.
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11: If thou forbear to deliver them that are drawn unto death,
and those that are ready to be slain; |
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12: If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not; doth not he that
pondereth the heart consider it? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth not
he know it? and shall not he render to every man according to his works?
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13: My son, eat thou honey, because it is good; and the
honeycomb, which is sweet to thy taste: |
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14: So shall the knowledge of wisdom be unto thy soul: when thou
hast found it, then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall
not be cut off. |
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15: Lay not wait, O wicked man, against the dwelling of the
righteous; spoil not his resting place: |
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16: For a just man falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but
the wicked shall fall into mischief. |
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17: Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart
be glad when he stumbleth: |
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18: Lest the LORD see it, and it displease him, and he turn away
his wrath from him. |
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19: Fret not thyself because of evil men, neither be thou envious
at the wicked; |
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20: For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of
the wicked shall be put out. |
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21: My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: and meddle not with
them that are given to change: |
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22: For their calamity shall rise suddenly; and who knoweth the
ruin of them both? |
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23: These things also belong to the wise. It is not good to have
respect of persons in judgment. |
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24: He that saith unto the wicked, Thou are righteous; him shall
the people curse, nations shall abhor him: |
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25: But to them that rebuke him shall be delight, and a good
blessing shall come upon them. |
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26: Every man shall kiss his lips that giveth a right answer.
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27: Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the
field; and afterwards build thine house. |
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28: Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause; and
deceive not with thy lips. |
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29: Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me:
I will render to the man according to his work. |
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30: I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of
the man void of understanding; |
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31: And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, and nettles had
covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.
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32: Then I saw, and considered it well: I looked upon it, and
received instruction. |
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33: Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the
hands to sleep: |
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34: So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth; and thy
want as an armed man. |