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The righteous who 1walks in his integrity-- 2blessed are his children after him!
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3A king who sits on the throne of judgment 4winnows all evil with his eyes.
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5Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?
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6Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
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Even a child 7makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.
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8The hearing ear and the seeing eye, 9the LORD has made them both.
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10Love not sleep, lest you 11come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have 12plenty of bread.
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"Bad, bad," says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.
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There is gold and abundance of 13costly stones, 14but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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15Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and 16hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.
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17Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of 18gravel.
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19Plans are established by counsel; by 20wise guidance 21wage war.
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Whoever 22goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with 23a simple babbler.
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24If one curses his father or his mother, 25his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
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26An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
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Do not say, 27"I will repay evil"; 28wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.
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29Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and 30false scales are not good.
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A man's 31steps are from the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
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It is a snare to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only 32after making vows.
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A wise king 33winnows the wicked and drives 34the wheel over them.
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35The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, 36searching all 37his innermost parts.
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38Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his 39throne is upheld.
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The glory of young men is their strength, but 40the splendor of old men is their gray hair.
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41Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean 42the innermost parts.