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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.
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Good things and bad, life and death, poverty and wealth, come from the Lord.
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The Lord's gift remains with the devout, and his favor brings lasting success.