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| [1]My son, forget not my teaching; but let thy heart keep my commandments; |
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| [2]For length of days, and years of life, and peace, will they add to thee. |
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| [3]Let not kindness and truth forsake thee; bind them about thy neck, write them upon the table of thy heart; |
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| [4]So shalt thou find grace and good favour in the sight of God and man. |
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| [5]Trust in 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 with all thy heart, and lean not upon thine own understanding. |
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| [6]In all thy ways acknowledge Him, and He will direct thy paths. |
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| [7]Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, and depart from evil; |
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| [8]It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. |
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| [9]Honour 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thine increase; |
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| [10]So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy vats shall overflow with new wine. |
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| [11]My son, despise not the chastening of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇, neither spurn thou His correction; |
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| [12]For whom 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 loveth H correcteth, even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. |
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| [13]Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that obtaineth understanding. |
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| [14]For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. |
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| [15]She is more precious than rubies; and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. |
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| [16]Length of days is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honour. |
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| [17]Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. |
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| [18]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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| [19]𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 by wisdom founded the earth; by understanding He established the heavens. |
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| [20]By His knowledge the depths were broken up, and the skies drop down the dew. |
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| [21]My son, let not them depart from thine eyes; keep sound wisdom and discretion; |
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| [22]So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. |
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| [23]Then shalt thou walk in thy way securely, and thou shalt not dash thy foot. |
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| [24]When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid; yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. |
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| [25]Be not afraid of sudden terror, neither of the destruction of the wicked, when it cometh; |
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| [26]For 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 will be thy confidence, and will keep thy foot from being caught. |
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| [27]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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| [28]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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| [29]Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. |
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| [30]Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm. |
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| [31]Envy thou not the man of violence, and choose none of his ways. |
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| [32]For the perverse is an abomination to 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇; but His counsel is with the upright. |
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| [33]The curse of 𐤉𐤇𐤅𐤇 is in the house of the wicked; but He blesseth the habitation of the righteous. |
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| [34]If it concerneth the scorners, He scorneth them, but unto the humble He giveth grace. |
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| [35]The wise shall inherit honour; but as for the fools, they carry away shame. |
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