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1Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?
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2Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
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Even a child 3makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.
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4The hearing ear and the seeing eye, 5the LORD has made them both.
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6Love not sleep, lest you 7come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have 8plenty 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 9costly stones, 10but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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11Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and 12hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.
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13Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of 14gravel.
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15Plans are established by counsel; by 16wise guidance 17wage war.
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Whoever 18goes about slandering reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with 19a simple babbler.