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The bee is small among flying creatures, but what it produces is the best of sweet things.
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Do not boast about wearing fine clothes, and do not exalt yourself when you are honored; for the works of the Lord are wonderful, and his works are concealed from humankind.
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Many kings have had to sit on the ground, but one who was never thought of has worn a crown.
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Many rulers have been utterly disgraced, and the honored have been handed over to others.
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Do not find fault before you investigate; examine first, and then criticize.
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Do not answer before you listen, and do not interrupt when another is speaking.
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Do not argue about a matter that does not concern you, and do not sit with sinners when they judge a case.
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My child, do not busy yourself with many matters; if you multiply activities, you will not be held blameless. If you pursue, you will not overtake, and by fleeing you will not escape.
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There are those who work and struggle and hurry, but are so much the more in want.
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There are others who are slow and need help, who lack strength and abound in poverty; but the eyes of the Lord look kindly upon them; he lifts them out of their lowly condition
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and raises up their heads to the amazement of the many.