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Who can say, "I have made my heart clean; I am pure from my sin"?
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Diverse weights and diverse measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
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Even a child makes himself known by his acts, whether what he does is pure and right.
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The hearing ear and the seeing eye, the LORD has made them both.
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Love not sleep, lest you come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have plenty of bread.
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"It is bad, it is bad," says the buyer; but when he goes away, then he boasts.
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There is gold, and abundance of costly stones; but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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Take a man's garment when he has given surety for a stranger, and hold him in pledge when he gives surety for foreigners.
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Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of gravel.
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Plans are established by counsel; by wise guidance wage war.
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He who goes about gossiping reveals secrets; therefore do not associate with one who speaks foolishly.
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If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness.
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An inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning will in the end not be blessed.
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Do not say, "I will repay evil"; wait for the LORD, and he will help you.
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Diverse weights are an abomination to the LORD, and false scales are not good.
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A man's steps are ordered by the LORD; how then can man understand his way?
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It is a snare for a man to say rashly, "It is holy," and to reflect only after making his vows.
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A wise king winnows the wicked, and drives the wheel over them.
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The spirit of man is the lamp of the LORD, searching all his innermost parts.
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Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king, and his throne is upheld by righteousness.
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The glory of young men is their strength, but the beauty of old men is their gray hair.