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Riches and honor are with me, Enduring riches and righteousness.
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My fruit is better than gold, yes, than fine gold, And my revenue than choice silver.
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I traverse the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice,
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That I may cause those who love me to inherit wealth, That I may fill their treasuries.
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"The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old.
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I have been established from everlasting, From the beginning, before there was ever an earth.
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When there were no depths I was brought forth, When there were no fountains abounding with water.
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Before the mountains were settled, Before the hills, I was brought forth;
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While as yet He had not made the earth or the fields, Or the primeval dust of the world.
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When He prepared the heavens, I was there, When He drew a circle on the face of the deep,
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When He established the clouds above, When He strengthened the fountains of the deep,