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1Do not eat the bread of a man who is 2stingy; 3do not desire his delicacies,
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for he is like one who is inwardly calculating. "Eat and drink!" he says to you, but his 4heart is not with you.
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You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten, and waste your pleasant words.
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Do not speak in the hearing of a fool, for he will despise the good sense of your words.
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5Do not move an ancient landmark or enter the fields of the fatherless,
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for their 6Redeemer is strong; he will 7plead their cause against you.
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Apply your heart to instruction and your ear to words of knowledge.
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Do not withhold 8discipline from a child; 9if you strike him with a rod, he will not die.
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If you strike him with the rod, you will 10save his soul from Sheol.
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11My son, if your heart is wise, my heart too will be glad.
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My 12inmost being will exult when your lips speak 13what is right.
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Let not your heart 14envy sinners, but continue in 15the fear of the LORD all the day.
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Surely 16there is a future, and your 17hope will not be cut off.
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Hear, my son, and 18be wise, and 19direct your heart in the way.
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Be not among 20drunkards or among 21gluttonous eaters of meat,
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for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty, and 22slumber will clothe them with rags
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23Listen to your father who gave you life, 24and do not despise your mother when she is old.
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25Buy truth, and do not sell it; buy wisdom, instruction, and understanding.
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26The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.
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27Let your father and mother be glad; let 28her who bore you rejoice.
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My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.