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WhenH3588 you sitH3427 to eatH3898 with a ruler,H4910 considerH995 diligently whatH853 H834 is beforeH6440 you:
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And putH7760 a knifeH7915 to your throat,H3930 ifH518 you be a manH1167 givenH1167 to appetite.H5315
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Be not desirousH183 of his dainties:H4303 for they are deceitfulH3577 meat.H3899
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LaborH3021 not to be rich:H6238 ceaseH2308 from your own wisdom.H998
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Will you setH5774 your eyesH5869 on that which is not? for riches certainly makeH6213 themselves wings;H3671 they flyH5774 away as an eagleH5404 toward heaven.H8064
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EatH3898 you not the breadH3899 of him that has an evilH7451 eye,H5869 neitherH408 desireH183 you his daintyH4303 meats:
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For as he thinksH8176 in his heart,H5315 soH3651 is he: EatH398 and drink,H8354 saidH559 he to you; but his heartH3820 is not with you.
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The morselH6595 which you have eatenH398 shall you vomitH6958 up, and loseH7843 your sweetH5273 words.H1697
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SpeakH1696 not in the earsH241 of a fool:H3684 for he will despiseH936 the wisdomH7922 of your words.H4405
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RemoveH5253 not the oldH5769 landmark;H1366 and enterH935 not into the fieldsH7704 of the fatherless:H3490
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For their redeemerH1350 is mighty;H2389 he shall pleadH7378 their causeH7379 with you.
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ApplyH935 your heartH3820 to instruction,H4148 and your earsH241 to the wordsH561 of knowledge.H1847
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WithholdH4513 not correctionH4148 from the child:H5288 for if you beatH5221 him with the rod,H7626 he shall not die.H4191
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You shall beatH5221 him with the rod,H7626 and shall deliverH5337 his soulH5315 from hell.H7585
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My son,H1121 ifH518 your heartH3820 be wise,H2449 my heartH3820 shall rejoice,H8055 evenH1571 mine.H589
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Yes, my reinsH3629 shall rejoice,H5937 when your lipsH8193 speakH1696 rightH4339 things.
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Let not your heartH3820 envyH7065 sinners:H2400 but be you in the fearH3374 of the LORDH3068 allH3605 the dayH3117 long.
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For surely there is an end;H319 and your expectationH8615 shall not be cutH3772 off.
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HearH8085 you, my son,H1121 and be wise,H2449 and guideH833 your heartH3820 in the way.H1870
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Be not among winebibbers;H5433 H3196 among riotousH2151 eatersH2151 of flesh:H1320
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For the drunkardH5435 and the gluttonH2151 shall come to poverty:H3423 and drowsinessH5124 shall clotheH3847 a man with rags.H7168
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ListenH8085 to your fatherH1 that begatH3205 you, and despiseH936 not your motherH517 whenH3588 she is old.H2204
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BuyH7069 the truth,H571 and sellH4376 it not; also wisdom,H2451 and instruction,H4148 and understanding.H998
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The fatherH1 of the righteousH6662 shall greatly rejoice:H1523 and he that begetsH3205 a wiseH2450 child shall have joyH8056 of him.
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Your fatherH1 and your motherH517 shall be glad,H8056 and she that boreH3205 you shall rejoice.H1523
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My son,H1121 giveH5414 me your heart,H3820 and let your eyesH5869 observeH5341 my ways.H1870
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For a whoreH2181 is a deepH6013 ditch;H7745 and a strangeH5237 woman is a narrowH6862 pit.H875
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She alsoH637 lies in waitH693 as for a prey,H2863 and increasesH3254 the transgressorsH898 among men.H120
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WhoH4310 has woe?H188 whoH4310 has sorrow?H17 whoH4310 has contentions?H4079 whoH4310 has babbling?H7879 whoH4310 has woundsH6482 withoutH2600 cause?H2600 whoH4310 has rednessH2448 of eyes?H5869
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They that tarryH309 long atH5921 the wine;H3196 they that goH935 to seekH2713 mixedH4469 wine.H4469
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LookH7200 not you on the wineH3196 whenH3588 it is red,H119 whenH3588 it givesH5414 his colorH5869 in the cup,H3599 when it movesH1980 itself aright.H4339
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At the lastH319 it bitesH5391 like a serpent,H5175 and stingsH6567 like an adder.H6848
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Your eyesH5869 shall beholdH7200 strangeH2114 women, and your heartH3820 shall utterH1696 perverseH8419 things.
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Yes, you shall be as he that liesH7901 downH7901 in the middleH3820 of the sea,H3220 or as he that liesH7901 on the topH7218 of a mast.H2260
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They have strickenH5221 me, shall you say, and I was not sick;H2470 they have beatenH1986 me, and I feltH3045 it not: whenH4970 shall I awake?H6974 I will seekH1245 it yet again.H5750
