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Error and darkness are created with sinners: and they that glory in evil things, grow old in evil.
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The gift of God abideth with the just, and his advancement shall have success for ever.
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There is one that is enriched by living sparingly, and this is the portion of his reward.
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In that he saith: I have found me rest, and now I will eat of my goods alone:
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And he knoweth not what time shall pass, and that death approacheth, and that he must leave all to others, and shall die.
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Be steadfast in thy covenant, and be conversant therein, and grow old in the work of thy commandments.
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Abide not in the works of sinners. But trust in God, and stay in thy place.
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For it is easy in the eyes of God on a sudden to make the poor man rich.
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The blessing of God maketh haste to reward the just, and in a swift hour his blessing beareth fruit.
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Say not: What need I, and what good shall I have by this?
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Say not: I am sufficient for myself: and what shall I be made worse by this?