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Many a man
1proclaims his own steadfast love, but
2a faithful man who can find?
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The righteous who
3walks in his integrity--
4blessed are his children after him!
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5A king who sits on the throne of judgment
6winnows all evil with his eyes.
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7Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?
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8Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
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Even a child
9makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.
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10The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
11the LORD has made them both.
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12Love not sleep, lest you
13come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have
14plenty 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
15costly stones,
16but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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17Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and
18hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.