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away. : Bow thy heavens, O LORD, and come down: touch the mountains, and they shall smoke. : Cast forth lightning, and scatter them: shoot out thine arrows, and destroy them. : Send thine hand from above; rid me, and deliver me out of great waters, from the hand of strange children; : Whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right
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hand is a right hand of falsehood. : I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee. : It is he that giveth salvation unto kings: who delivereth David his servant from the hurtful sword. : Rid me, and deliver me from the hand
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of strange children, whose mouth speaketh vanity, and their right hand is a right hand of falsehood: : That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace: : That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep
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may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets: : That our oxen may be strong to labour; that there be no breaking in, nor going out; that there be no complaining in our streets. : Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the LORD. : I will
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extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. : Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever. : Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable. : One generation shall praise thy works to another, and shall declare
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thy mighty acts. : I will speak of the glorious honour of thy majesty, and of thy wondrous works. : And men shall speak of the might of thy terrible acts: and I will declare thy greatness. : They shall abundantly utter the memory of thy great goodness, and shall sing of thy righteousness. : The LORD is gracious, and
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full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. : The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works. : All thy works shall praise thee, O LORD; and thy saints shall bless thee. : They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power; : To make known
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to the sons of men his mighty acts, and the glorious majesty of his kingdom. : Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. : The LORD upholdeth all that fall, and raiseth up all those that be bowed down. : The eyes of all wait upon thee; and thou givest them their meat in
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due season. : Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every living thing. : The LORD is righteous in all his ways, and holy in all his works. : The LORD is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth. : He will fulfil the desire of them that fear
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him: he also will hear their cry, and will save them. : The LORD preserveth all them that love him: but all the wicked will he destroy. : My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever. : Praise ye the LORD. Praise the LORD, O my soul.
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: While I live will I praise the LORD: I will sing praises unto my God while I have any being. : Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help. : His breath goeth forth, he returneth to his earth; in that very day his thoughts perish. : Happy is
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he that hath the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in the LORD his God: : Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever: : Which executeth judgment for the oppressed: which giveth food to the hungry. The LORD looseth the prisoners: : The LORD openeth the eyes
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of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down: the LORD loveth the righteous: : The LORD preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down. : The LORD shall reign for ever, even thy God, O Zion, unto all generations. Praise ye the LORD. : Praise ye
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the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. : The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. : He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. : He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their
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names. : Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite. : The LORD lifteth up the meek: he casteth the wicked down to the ground. : Sing unto the LORD with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God: : Who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass
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to grow upon the mountains. : He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. : He delighteth not in the strength of the horse: he taketh not pleasure in the legs of a man. : The LORD taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. : Praise the
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LORD, O Jerusalem; praise thy God, O Zion. : For he hath strengthened the bars of thy gates; he hath blessed thy children within thee. : He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat. : He sendeth forth his commandment upon earth: his word runneth very swiftly. : He giveth snow like wool:
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he scattereth the hoarfrost like ashes. : He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold? : He sendeth out his word, and melteth them: he causeth his wind to blow, and the waters flow. : He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. : He hath not dealt so with
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any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD. : Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the LORD from the heavens: praise him in the heights. : Praise ye him, all his angels: praise ye him, all his hosts. : Praise ye him, sun and moon: praise him, all ye stars of light.
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: Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens. : Let them praise the name of the LORD: for he commanded, and they were created. : He hath also stablished them for ever and ever: he hath made a decree which shall not pass. : Praise the LORD from the earth, ye dragons, and
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all deeps: : Fire, and hail; snow, and vapours; stormy wind fulfilling his word: : Mountains, and all hills; fruitful trees, and all cedars: : Beasts, and all cattle; creeping things, and flying fowl: : Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges of the earth: : Both young men, and maidens; old men, and children: :
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Let them praise the name of the LORD: for his name alone is excellent; his glory is above the earth and heaven. : He also exalteth the horn of his people, the praise of all his saints; even of the children of Israel, a people near unto him. Praise ye the LORD. : Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the
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LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints. : Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King. : Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp. : For the LORD taketh pleasure in his people:
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he will beautify the meek with salvation. : Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds. : Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand; : To execute vengeance upon the heathen, and punishments upon the people; : To bind their kings with chains, and
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their nobles with fetters of iron; : To execute upon them the judgment written: this honour have all his saints. Praise ye the LORD. : Praise ye the LORD. Praise God in his sanctuary: praise him in the firmament of his power. : Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness. : Praise him with
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the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. : Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs. : Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals. : Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD. The Proverbs : The proverbs
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of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel; : To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding; : To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity; : To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion. : A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man
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of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels: : To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings. : The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. : My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: : For
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they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. : My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. : If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: : Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as
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those that go down into the pit: : We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil: : Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse: : My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path: : For their feet run to evil, and make
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haste to shed blood. : Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird. : And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives. : So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof. : Wisdom crieth without;
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she uttereth her voice in the streets: : She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, : How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? : Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will
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pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you. : Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; : But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof: : I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when
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your fear cometh; : When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you. : Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: : For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of
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the LORD: : They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. : Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. : For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them. : But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell
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safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil. : My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee; : So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; : Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding; : If thou seekest her as silver,
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and searchest for her as for hid treasures; : Then shalt thou understand the fear of the LORD, and find the knowledge of God. : For the LORD giveth wisdom: out of his mouth cometh knowledge and understanding. : He layeth up sound wisdom for the righteous: he is a buckler to them that walk uprightly. : He keepeth the
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paths of judgment, and preserveth the way of his saints. : Then shalt thou understand righteousness, and judgment, and equity; yea, every good path. : When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; : Discretion shall preserve thee, understanding shall keep thee: : To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the
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man that speaketh froward things; : Who leave the paths of uprightness, to walk in the ways of darkness; : Who rejoice to do evil, and delight in the frowardness of the wicked; : Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths: : To deliver thee from the strange woman, even from the stranger which flattereth with her
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words; : Which forsaketh the guide of her youth, and forgetteth the covenant of her God. : For her house inclineth unto death, and her paths unto the dead. : None that go unto her return again, neither take they hold of the paths of life. : That thou mayest walk in the way of good men, and keep the
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paths of the righteous. : For the upright shall dwell in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it. : But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it. : My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments: : For length of days, and
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long life, and peace, shall they add to thee. : Let not mercy and truth forsake thee: bind them about thy neck; write them upon the table of thine heart: : So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man. : Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine
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own understanding. : In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. : Be not wise in thine own eyes: fear the LORD, and depart from evil. : It shall be health to thy navel, and marrow to thy bones. : Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase: : So
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shall thy barns be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine. : My son, despise not the chastening of the LORD; neither be weary of his correction: : For whom the LORD loveth he correcteth; even as a father the son in whom he delighteth. : Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the
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man that getteth understanding. : For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. : She is more precious than rubies: and all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her. : Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches
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and honour. : Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. : She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her. : The LORD by wisdom hath founded the earth; by understanding hath he established the heavens. : By his knowledge the depths are
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broken up, and the clouds drop down the dew. : My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion: : So shall they be life unto thy soul, and grace to thy neck. : Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble. : When thou liest down, thou shalt
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not be afraid: yea, thou shalt lie down, and thy sleep shall be sweet. : Be not afraid of sudden fear, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it cometh. : For the LORD shall be thy confidence, and shall keep thy foot from being taken. : Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it
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is in the power of thine hand to do it. : Say not unto thy neighbour, Go, and come again, and to morrow I will give; when thou hast it by thee. : Devise not evil against thy neighbour, seeing he dwelleth securely by thee. : Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
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: Envy thou not the oppressor, and choose none of his ways. : For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous. : The curse of the LORD is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the just. : Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giveth grace unto
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the lowly. : The wise shall inherit glory: but shame shall be the promotion of fools. : Hear, ye children, the instruction of a father, and attend to know understanding. : For I give you good doctrine, forsake ye not my law. : For I was my fathers son, tender and only beloved in the sight of my mother. :
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He taught me also, and said unto me, Let thine heart retain my words: keep my commandments, and live. : Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth. : Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee. : Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom:
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and with all thy getting get understanding. : Exalt her, and she shall promote thee: she shall bring thee to honour, when thou dost embrace her. : She shall give to thine head an ornament of grace: a crown of glory shall she deliver to thee. : Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy
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life shall be many. : I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths. : When thou goest, thy steps shall not be straitened; and when thou runnest, thou shalt not stumble. : Take fast hold of instruction; let her not go: keep her; for she is thy life. : Enter not into
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the path of the wicked, and go not in the way of evil men. : Avoid it, pass not by it, turn from it, and pass away. : For they sleep not, except they have done mischief; and their sleep is taken away, unless they cause some to fall. : For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the
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wine of violence. : But the path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day. : The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble. : My son, attend to my words; incline thine ear unto my sayings. : Let them not depart from thine
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eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart. : For they are life unto those that find them, and health to all their flesh. : Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life. : Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. : Let thine eyes
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look right on, and let thine eyelids look straight before thee. : Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. : Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil. : My son, attend unto my wisdom, and bow thine ear to my understanding: : That thou mayest regard
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discretion, and that thy lips may keep knowledge. : For the lips of a strange woman drop as an honeycomb, and her mouth is smoother than oil: : But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. : Her feet go down to death; her steps take hold on hell. : Lest thou shouldest ponder the path
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of life, her ways are moveable, that thou canst not know them. : Hear me now therefore, O ye children, and depart not from the words of my mouth. : Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the door of her house: : Lest thou give thine honour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel: :
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Lest strangers be filled with thy wealth; and thy labours be in the house of a stranger; : And thou mourn at the last, when thy flesh and thy body are consumed, : And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof; : And have not obeyed the voice of my teachers, nor inclined mine ear to
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them that instructed me! : I was almost in all evil in the midst of the congregation and assembly. : Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well. : Let thy fountains be dispersed abroad, and rivers of waters in the streets. : Let them be only thine own, and not strangers with
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thee. : Let thy fountain be blessed: and rejoice with the wife of thy youth. : Let her be as the loving hind and pleasant roe; let her breasts satisfy thee at all times; and be thou ravished always with her love. : And why wilt thou, my son, be ravished with a strange woman, and embrace the bosom of
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a stranger? : For the ways of man are before the eyes of the LORD, and he pondereth all his goings. : His own iniquities shall take the wicked himself, and he shall be holden with the cords of his sins. : He shall die without instruction; and in the greatness of his folly he shall go astray. : My
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son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger, : Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth. : Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make
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sure thy friend. : Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids. : Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler. : Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: : Which having no guide, overseer, or ruler, : Provideth
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her meat in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest. : How long wilt thou sleep, O sluggard? when wilt thou arise out of thy sleep? : Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep: : So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed
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man. : A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth. : He winketh with his eyes, he speaketh with his feet, he teacheth with his fingers; : Frowardness is in his heart, he deviseth mischief continually; he soweth discord. : Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; suddenly shall he be broken without remedy. : These six things
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doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him: : A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood, : An heart that deviseth wicked imaginations, feet that be swift in running to mischief, : A false witness that speaketh lies, and he that soweth discord among brethren. : My son, keep thy fathers commandment,
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and forsake not the law of thy mother: : Bind them continually upon thine heart, and tie them about thy neck. : When thou goest, it shall lead thee; when thou sleepest, it shall keep thee; and when thou awakest, it shall talk with thee. : For the commandment is a lamp; and the law is light; and reproofs of
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instruction are the way of life: : To keep thee from the evil woman, from the flattery of the tongue of a strange woman. : Lust not after her beauty in thine heart; neither let her take thee with her eyelids. : For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the
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adultress will hunt for the precious life. : Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? : Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned? : So he that goeth in to his neighbours wife; whosoever toucheth her shall not be innocent. : Men do not despise a thief, if
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he steal to satisfy his soul when he is hungry; : But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house. : But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding: he that doeth it destroyeth his own soul. : A wound and dishonour shall he get; and his reproach shall not
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be wiped away. : For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance. : He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts. : My son, keep my words, and lay up my commandments with thee. : Keep my commandments, and live; and my
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law as the apple of thine eye. : Bind them upon thy fingers, write them upon the table of thine heart. : Say unto wisdom, Thou art my sister; and call understanding thy kinswoman: : That they may keep thee from the strange woman, from the stranger which flattereth with her words. : For at the window of my house
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I looked through my casement, : And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding, : Passing through the street near her corner; and he went the way to her house, : In the twilight, in the evening, in the black and dark night: : And, behold, there met him a woman
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with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart. : (She is loud and stubborn; her feet abide not in her house: : Now is she without, now in the streets, and lieth in wait at every corner.) : So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him, : I have peace offerings
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with me; this day have I payed my vows. : Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee. : I have decked my bed with coverings of tapestry, with carved works, with fine linen of Egypt. : I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon. : Come, let us
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take our fill of love until the morning: let us solace ourselves with loves. : For the goodman is not at home, he is gone a long journey: : He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed. : With her much fair speech she caused him to yield, with the flattering
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of her lips she forced him. : He goeth after her straightway, as an ox goeth to the slaughter, or as a fool to the correction of the stocks; : Till a dart strike through his liver; as a bird hasteth to the snare, and knoweth not that it is for his life. : Hearken unto me now therefore, O
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ye children, and attend to the words of my mouth. : Let not thine heart decline to her ways, go not astray in her paths. : For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her. : Her house is the way to hell, going down to the chambers of death. : Doth not
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wisdom cry? and understanding put forth her voice? : She standeth in the top of high places, by the way in the places of the paths. : She crieth at the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors. : Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of
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man. : O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. : Hear; for I will speak of excellent things; and the opening of my lips shall be right things. : For my mouth shall speak truth; and wickedness is an abomination to my lips. : All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;
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there is nothing froward or perverse in them. : They are all plain to him that understandeth, and right to them that find knowledge. : Receive my instruction, and not silver; and knowledge rather than choice gold. : For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it. :
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I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions. : The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate. : Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength. : By me kings reign, and princes decree justice. : By
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me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges of the earth. : I love them that love me; and those that seek me early shall find me. : Riches and honour are with me; yea, durable riches and righteousness. : My fruit is better than gold, yea, than fine gold; and my revenue than choice silver. : I lead
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in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment: : That I may cause those that love me to inherit substance; and I will fill their treasures. : The LORD possessed me in the beginning of his way, before his works of old. : I was set up from everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the
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earth was. : When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no fountains abounding with water. : Before the mountains were settled, before the hills was I brought forth: : While as yet he had not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the dust of the world. : When he prepared
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the heavens, I was there: when he set a compass upon the face of the depth: : When he established the clouds above: when he strengthened the fountains of the deep: : When he gave to the sea his decree, that the waters should not pass his commandment: when he appointed the foundations of the earth: : Then I was
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by him, as one brought up with him: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him; : Rejoicing in the habitable part of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. : Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye children: for blessed are they that keep my ways. : Hear instruction, and be wise, and
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refuse it not. : Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors. : For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the LORD. : But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death. : Wisdom hath builded her
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house, she hath hewn out her seven pillars: : She hath killed her beasts; she hath mingled her wine; she hath also furnished her table. : She hath sent forth her maidens: she crieth upon the highest places of the city, : Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him,
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: Come, eat of my bread, and drink of the wine which I have mingled. : Forsake the foolish, and live; and go in the way of understanding. : He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot. : Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a
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wise man, and he will love thee. : Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. : The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the holy is understanding. : For by me thy days shall be multiplied, and the
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years of thy life shall be increased. : If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. : A foolish woman is clamorous: she is simple, and knoweth nothing. : For she sitteth at the door of her house, on a seat in the high places of the city, :
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To call passengers who go right on their ways: : Whoso is simple, let him turn in hither: and as for him that wanteth understanding, she saith to him, : Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant. : But he knoweth not that the dead are there; and that her guests are in the depths of
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hell. : The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother. : Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death. : The LORD will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked. : He becometh poor
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that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich. : He that gathereth in summer is a wise son: but he that sleepeth in harvest is a son that causeth shame. : Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. : The memory of the just is
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blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot. : The wise in heart will receive commandments: but a prating fool shall fall. : He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. : He that winketh with the eye causeth sorrow: but a prating fool shall fall. : The mouth of a righteous
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man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. : Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins. : In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding. : Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of
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