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- He that reuengeth shall find vengeance from the Lord, and he will surely keepe his sinnes (in remembrance.)
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- Forgiue thy neighbour the hurt that he hath done vnto thee, so shall thy sinnes also be forgiuen when thou prayest.
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- One man beareth hatred against another, and doeth he seeke pardon from the Lord?
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- Hee sheweth no mercy to a man, which is like himselfe: and doeth hee aske forgiuenesse of his owne sinnes?
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- If he that is but flesh nourish hatred, who will intreat for pardon of his sinnes?
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- Remember thy end, and let enimitie cease, corruption and death, and abide in the Commandements.
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- Remember the Commaundements, & beare no malice to thy neighbour: the Couenant of the highest, and winke at ignorance.
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- Abstaine from strife, and thou shalt diminish thy sinnes: for a furious man will kindle strife.
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- A sinfull man disquieteth friends, and maketh debate among them that be at peace.
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- As the matter of the fire is, so it burneth: and as a mans strength is, so is his wrath, and according to his riches his anger riseth, and the stronger they are which contend, the more they will be inflamed.
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- An hastie contention kindleth a fire, and an hasty fighting sheddeth blood.
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- If thou blow the sparke, it shall burne: if thou spit vpon it, it shall bee quenched, and both these come out of thy mouth.
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- Curse the whisperer, and double tongued: for such haue destroyed many that were at peace.
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- A backbiting tongue hath disquieted many, and driuen them from nation to nation, strong cities hath it pulled down, and ouerthrowen the houses of great men.
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- A backbiting tongue hath cast out vertuous women, and depriued them of their labours.
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- Who so hearkeneth vnto it, shall neuer finde rest, and neuer dwel quietly.
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- The stroke of the whip maketh markes in the flesh, but the stroke of the tongue breaketh the bones.
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- Many haue fallen by the edge of the sword: but not so many as haue fallen by the tongue.
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- Well is hee that is defended from it, and hath not passed through the venime thereof: who hath not drawen the yoke thereof, nor hath bene bound in her bands.
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- For the yoke thereof is a yoke of yron, and the bands thereof are bandes of brasse.
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- The death therof is an euil death, the graue were better then it.
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- It shall not haue rule ouer them that feare God, neither shall they be burnt with the flame thereof.
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- Such as forsake the Lord shall fall into it, and it shall burne in them, and not be quenched, it shalbe sent vpon them as a Lion, and deuoure them as a Leopard.
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- Looke that thou hedge thy possession about with thornes, and binde vp thy siluer and gold:
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- And weigh thy words in a ballance, and make a doore and barre for thy mouth.
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- Beware thou slide not by it, lest thou fall before him that lieth in wait.
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