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The purpose in a man's heart is like
1deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
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Many a man
2proclaims his own steadfast love, but
3a faithful man who can find?
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The righteous who
4walks in his integrity--
5blessed are his children after him!
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6A king who sits on the throne of judgment
7winnows all evil with his eyes.
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8Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?
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9Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
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Even a child
10makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.
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11The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
12the LORD has made them both.
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13Love not sleep, lest you
14come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have
15plenty of bread.
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"Bad, bad," says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.
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There is gold and abundance of
16costly stones,
17but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.