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Many a man 1proclaims his own steadfast love, but 2a faithful man who can find?
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The righteous who 3walks in his integrity-- 4blessed are his children after him!
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5A king who sits on the throne of judgment 6winnows all evil with his eyes.
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7Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?
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8Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
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Even a child 9makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.
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10The hearing ear and the seeing eye, 11the LORD has made them both.
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12Love not sleep, lest you 13come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have 14plenty 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 15costly stones, 16but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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17Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and 18hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.
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19Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of 20gravel.
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21Plans are established by counsel; by 22wise guidance 23wage war.
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Whoever 24goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with 25a simple babbler.
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26If one curses his father or his mother, 27his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
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28An inheritance gained hastily in the beginning will not be blessed in the end.
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Do not say, 29"I will repay evil"; 30wait for the LORD, and he will deliver you.
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31Unequal weights are an abomination to the LORD, and 32false scales are not good.
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A man's 33steps 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 34after making vows.
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A wise king 35winnows the wicked and drives 36the wheel over them.
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37The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, 38searching all 39his innermost parts.
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40Steadfast love and faithfulness preserve the king, and by steadfast love his 41throne is upheld.
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The glory of young men is their strength, but 42the splendor of old men is their gray hair.
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43Blows that wound cleanse away evil; strokes make clean 44the innermost parts.