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| [1]My son, forget not my law; but let thy heart keep my commandments; |
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| [2]For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. |
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| [3]Let not mercy 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 favor and good understanding in the sight of God and man. |
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| [5]Trust in the LORD with all thy heart; and lean not to thy 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 thy own eyes: fear the LORD, 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]Honor the LORD with thy substance, and with the first-fruits of all thy increase: |
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| [10]So shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. |
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| [11]My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: |
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| [12]For whom the LORD loveth he 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 getteth understanding. |
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| [14]For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain of it 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 to her. |
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| [16]Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honor. |
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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 retaineth her. |
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| [19]The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. |
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| [20]By his knowledge the depths are broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. |
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| [21]My son, let not them depart from thy eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: |
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| [22]So shall they be life to thy soul, and grace to thy neck. |
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| [23]Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. |
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| [24]When thou liest down, thou shalt not be afraid: but thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. |
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| [25]Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. |
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| [26]For the LORD will be thy confidence, and will keep thy foot from being taken. |
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| [27]Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thy hand to do it. |
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| [28]Say not to thy neighbor, 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 neighbor, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. |
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| [30]Strive not with a man without cause, if he hath done thee no harm. |
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| [31]Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. |
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| [32]For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. |
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| [33]The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. |
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| [34]Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace to the lowly. |
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| [35]The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools. |
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