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1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
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The fear of a king is as the roaring of a lion: whoso provoketh him to anger sinneth against his own soul. |
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It is an honour for a man to cease from strife: but every fool will be meddling. |
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The sluggard will not plow by reason of the cold; therefore shall he beg in harvest, and have nothing. |
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Counsel in the heart of man is like deep water; but a man of understanding will draw it out. |
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Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find? |
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The just man walketh in his integrity: his children are blessed after him. |
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A king that sitteth in the throne of judgment scattereth away all evil with his eyes. |
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Who can say, I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? |
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aDivers weights, and adivers measures, both of them are alike abomination to the LORD. |
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Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right. |
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The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the LORD hath made even both of them. |
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Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. |
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It is naught, it is naught, saith the buyer: but when he is gone his way, then he boasteth. |
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There is gold, and a multitude of rubies: but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel. |
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Take his garment that is surety for a stranger: and take a pledge of him for a strange woman. |
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Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. |
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Every purpose is established by counsel: and with good advice make war. |
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He that goeth about as a talebearer revealeth secrets: therefore meddle not with him that flattereth with his lips. |
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Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness. |
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An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed. |
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Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee. |
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aDivers weights are an abomination unto the LORD; and a false balance is not good. |
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Man's goings are of the LORD; 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, and after vows to make enquiry. |
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A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth the wheel over them. |
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The spirit of man is the candle of the LORD, searching all the inward parts of the belly. |
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Mercy and truth preserve the king: and his throne is upholden by mercy. |
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The glory of young men is their strength: and the beauty of old men is the grey head. |
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The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly. |
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(a) "divers" = different kinds of weights and measures, one standard of measurement for what you buy, one for when you sell to your neighbor.
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(a) "divers" = different kinds of weights and measures, one standard of measurement for what you buy, one for when you sell to your neighbor.
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