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- My sonne, forget not my lawe;
but let thine heart keepe my commaundements:
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- For length of dayes, and long life, and peace shall they adde to thee.
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- Let not mercy and trueth forsake thee: bind them about thy necke, write them vpon the table of thine heart.
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- So shalt thou find fauour, and good vnderstanding in the sight of God, and man.
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- Trust in the Lord with all thine heart;
and leaue not vnto thine owne vnderstanding.
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- In all thy wayes acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy pathes.
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- Be not wise in thine owne eyes: feare the Lord, and depart from euill.
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- It shalbe health to thy nauill, and marrow to thy bones.
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- Honour the Lord with thy substance, and with the first fruits of all thine increase.
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- So shall thy barnes be filled with plenty, and thy presses shall burst out with new wine.
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- My sonne, despise not the chastening of the Lord: neither be weary of his correction.
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- For whom the Lord loueth, he correcteth, euen as a father the sonne, in whom he delighteth.
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- Happy is the man that findeth wisedome, and the man that getteth vnderstanding.
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- For the merchandise of it is better then the merchandise of siluer, and the gaine thereof, then fine gold.
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- She is more precious then Rubies: and all the things thou canst desire, are not to be compared vnto her.
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- Length of dayes is in her right hand: and in her left hand, riches and honour.
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- Her wayes are wayes of plesantnesse: and all her pathes are peace.
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- She is a tree of life, to them that lay hold vpon her: and happy is euery one that retaineth her.
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- The Lord by wisedome hath founded the earth;
by vnderstanding hath he established the heauens.
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- By his knowledge the depthes are broken vp;
and the cloudes droppe downe the dew.
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- My sonne, let not them depart from thine eyes: keepe sound wisedome and discretion.
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- So shall they bee life vnto thy soule, and grace to thy necke.
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- Then shalt thou walke in thy way safely, & thy foot shall not stumble.
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- When thou lyest downe, thou shalt not be afraide: yea, thou shalt lye downe, and thy sleepe shalbe sweet.
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- Be not afraid of sudden feare, neither of the desolation of the wicked, when it commeth.
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- For the Lord shalbe thy confidence, and shall keepe thy foote from being taken.
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- Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to doe it.
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- Say not vnto thy neighbour, Goe, and come againe, and to morrow I will giue, when thou hast it by thee.
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- Deuise not euil against thy neighbour, seeing hee dwelleth securely by thee.
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- Striue not with a man without cause, if hee haue done thee no harme.
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- Enuie thou not the oppressour, and choose none of his wayes.
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- For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
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- The curse of the Lord is in the house of the wicked: but he blesseth the habitation of the iust.
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- Surely he scorneth the scorners: but he giueth grace vnto the lowly.
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- The wise shall inherite glory, but shame shalbe the promotion of fooles.
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