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NO evils shall happen to him that feareth the Lord, but in temptation God will keep him, and deliver him from evils.
2
A wise man hateth not the commandments and justices, and he shall not be dashed in pieces as a ship in a storm.
3
A man of understanding is faithful to the law of God, and the law is faithful to him.
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He that cleareth up a question, shall prepare what to say, and so having prayed he shall be heard, and shall keep discipline, and then he shall answer.
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The heart of a fool is as a wheel of a cart: and his thoughts are like a rolling axletree.
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A friend that is a mocker, is like a stallion horse: he neigheth under every one that sitteth upon him.
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Why doth one day excel another, and one light another, and one year another year, when all come of the sun?
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By the knowledge of the Lord they were distinguished, the sun being made, and keeping his commandment.
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And he ordered the seasons, and holidays of them, and in them they celebrated festivals at an hour.