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- My son, forget not my teaching;
but let thy heart keep my commandments;
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- For length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to thee.
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- Let not kindness and truth forsake thee;
bind them about thy neck, write them upon the table of thy heart;
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- So shalt thou find grace and good favour in the sight of God and man.
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- Trust in the LORD with all thy heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding.
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- In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct thy paths.
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- Be not wise in thine own eyes;
fear the LORD, and depart from evil;
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- It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones.
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- Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase;
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- So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine.
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- My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD, neither spurn thou His correction;
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- For whom the LORD loveth He correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.
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- Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that obtaineth understanding.
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- For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.
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- She is more precious than rubies;
and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
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- Length of days is in her right hand;
in her left hand are riches and honour.
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- Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.
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- She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her, and happy is every one that holdest her fast.
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- The LORD by wisdom founded the earth;
by understanding He established the heavens.
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- By His knowledge the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew.
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- My son, let not them depart from thine eyes;
keep sound wisdom and discretion;
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- So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck.
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- Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, and thou shalt not dash thy foot.
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- When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid;
yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet.
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- Be not afraid of sudden terror, neither of the destruction of the wicked, when it cometh;
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- For the LORD will be thy confidence, and will keep thy foot from being caught.
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- Withhold not good from him to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it.
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- Say not unto thy neighbour: "Go, and come again, and to-morrow I will give";
when thou hast it by thee.
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- Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee.
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- Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
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- Envy thou not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways.
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- For the perverse is an abomination to the LORD;
but His counsel is with the upright.
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- The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked;
but He blesseth the habitation of the righteous.
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- If it concerneth the scorners, He scorneth them, but unto the humble He giveth grace.
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- The wise shall inherit honour;
but as for the fools, they carry away shame.
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