Integrity of the righteous man
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Wine makes you loud, and strong drink makes you foolish; whoever lets alcohol lead them to where they get lost is not wise.
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The king’s wrath makes people as afraid as if they were facing a young lion roaring at them; the person who makes a king angry is giving up his own life.
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It is an honor to stay out of an argument, but every fool is ready to join one.
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The lazy person is not willing to plow his crops again in autumn, and when it is harvest time, he looks, but there is nothing growing in his field.
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The purposes within a person’s life are like waters in a deep well, but a person who has understanding is able to draw them out.
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Many people proclaim that they can be trusted to do what they promise, but it is very difficult to find one who can really be trusted.
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The person who always does right, how fortunate will be his children who follow after him.
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A king who sits on his throne to act as a judge can distinguish between all the kinds of evil before him just by looking at them.
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No one can truthfully say, “I have kept my heart pure, and I am free from my sins.”
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Uneven weights, improperly marked, and unequal measures, that favor the one who is selling, Yahweh hates both of them.
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Also, even a youth is known by what he does, it is clear whether what he does is pure and respectable or not.
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Ears that hear and eyes that see, Yahweh made them both.
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If you love to sleep all the time, you will become poor; stay awake when you should be at work and you will have plenty to eat.
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“It is no good,” the buyer says when he is bargaining with you about the price. But after he buys it, he goes and boasts to his friends what a good price he bought it for.
Inheritance seized in haste
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Consider the value of gold and many expensive jewels, but the words of the one who has knowledge are like precious jewels.
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Take the expensive coat of the person who guarantees a loan for a stranger, so it can be sold if the debt is not paid back. And if he makes a pledge for an immoral woman, hold his coat as a guarantee for the loan he makes.
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Bread gotten by telling a lie, may taste sweet, but later his mouth will be like it was full of gravel, because of his lies.
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Good plans are made in consultation with good advisors, and only with wise advisors giving their advice should anyone go to war.
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A gossip tells secrets, so stay away from people who talk too much.
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If a person curses his father or his mother, his life will be put out as a light that is snuffed out.
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An inheritance that comes to a person quickly, may do some good at the beginning, but later it will do less good for the person who received it.
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Do not say, “I will pay you back for the wrong you did to me.” Wait for Yahweh and he will take care of the matter.
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Yahweh detests those who use dishonest scales and weights that are not accurate.
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Yahweh is the one who directs the way a person will go. So then, how can someone understand where he is going?
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It is dangerous to declare that something is holy to Yahweh, and it is worse to think about the meaning of holiness only after you have made a vow.
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A king who is wise will separate the wicked from among his people; then he will severely punish those wicked people.
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The life-giving spirit within a man is the light shining from Yahweh within us, it shines deep within and shows what is hidden deep inside us.
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Love and faithfulness preserve the life of the king; his throne is made strong by steadfast love.
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The honor of young people is seen in how strong they are, but the splendor of old people is in their gray hair.
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When we are beaten, the wound that results may cleanse away evil, and beatings make our inmost self clean.
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