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