Proverbs:24
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Seek not to be like evil men ,
neither desire to be with them :
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Because their mind studieth robberies ,
and their lips speak deceits .
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By wisdom the house shall be built ,
and by prudence it shall be strengthened .
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By instruction the storerooms shall be filled with all precious and most beautiful wealth .
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A wise man is strong :
and a knowing man ,
stout and valiant .
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Because war is managed by due ordering :
and there shall be safety where there are many counsels .
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Wisdom is too high for a fool ,
in the gate he shall not open his mouth .
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He that deviseth to do evils ,
shall be called a fool .
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The thought of a fool is sin :
and the detracter is the abomination of men .
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If thou lose hope being weary in the day of distress ,
thy strength shall be diminished .
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Deliver them that are led to death :
and those that are drawn to death forbear not to deliver .
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If thou say :
I have not strength enough :
he that seeth into the heart ,
he understandeth ,
and nothing deceiveth the keeper of thy soul ,
end he shall render to a man according to his works .
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Fat honey ,
my son ,
because it is good ,
and the honeycomb most sweet to thy throat :
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So also is the doctrine of wisdom to thy soul :
which when thou hast found ,
thou shalt have hope in the end ,
and thy hope shall not perish .
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Lie not in wait ,
nor seek after wickedness in the house of the just ,
nor spoil his rest .
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For a just mall shall fall seven times and shall rise again :
but the wicked shall fall down into evil .
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When thy enemy shall fall ,
be not glad ,
and in his ruin let not thy heart rejoice :
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Lest the Lord see ,
and it displease him ,
and he turn away his wrath from him .
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Contend not with the wicked ,
nor seek to be like the ungodly :
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For evil men have no hope of things to come ,
and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out
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My son ,
fear the Lord and the king :
and have nothing to do with detracters .
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For their destruction shall rise suddenly :
and who knoweth the ruin of both ?
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These things also to the wise :
It is not good to have respect to persons in judgment .
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They that say to the wicked man :
Thou art just :
shall be cursed by the people ,
and the tribes shall abhor them .
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They that rebuke him ,
shall be praised :
and a blessing shall come upon them .
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He shall kiss the lips ,
who answereth right words .
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Prepare thy work without ,
and diligently till thy ground :
that afterward thou mayst build thy house .
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Be not witness without cause against thy neighbour :
and deceive not any man with thy lips .
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Say not :
I will do to him as he hath done to me :
I will render to every one according to his work .
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I passed by the field of the slothful man ,
and by the vineyard of the foolish man :
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And behold it was all filled with nettles ,
and thorns had covered the face thereof ,
and the stone wall was broken down .
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Which when I had seen ,
I laid it up in my heart ,
and by the example I received instruction .
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Thou wilt sleep a little ,
said I ,
thou wilt slumber a little ,
thou wilt fold thy hands a little to rest :
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And poverty shall come to thee as a runner ,
and beggary as an armed man .