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When your eyes light on it, it is gone, 1for suddenly it sprouts wings, flying like an eagle toward heaven.
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2Do not eat the bread of a man who is 3stingy; 4do not desire his delicacies,
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for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his 5heart is not with you.
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You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words.
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Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words.
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6Do not move an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless,
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for their 7Redeemer is strong; he will 8plead their cause against you.
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Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.
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Do not withhold 9discipline from a child; 10if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
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If you strike him with the rod, you will 11save his soul from Sheol.
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12My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.