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As long as thou livest, and hast breath in thee, let no man change thee.
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For it is better that thy children should ask of thee, than that thou look toward the hands of thy children.
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In all thy works keep the pre-eminence.
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Let no stain sully thy glory. In the time when thou shalt end the days of thy life, and in the time of thy decease, distribute thy inheritance.
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Fodder, and a wand, and a burden are for an ass: bread, and correction, and work for a slave.
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He worketh under correction, and seeketh to rest: let his hands be idle, and he seeketh liberty.
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The yoke and the thong bend a stiff neck, and continual labours bow a slave.
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Torture and fetters are for a malicious slave: send him to work, that he be not idle:
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For idleness hath taught much evil.
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Set him to work: for so it is fit for him. And if he be not obedient, bring him down with fetters, but be not excessive towards any one: and do no grievous thing without judgment.
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If thou have a faithful servant, let him be to thee as thy own soul: treat him as a brother: because in the blood of thy soul thou hast gotten him.