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Happy the man who lives with a sensible wife, and the one who does not plow with ox and ass together. Happy is the one who does not sin with the tongue, and the one who has not served an inferior.
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Happy is the one who finds a friend, and the one who speaks to attentive listeners.
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How great is the one who finds wisdom! But none is superior to the one who fears the Lord.
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Fear of the Lord surpasses everything; to whom can we compare the one who has it?
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.