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The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor.
13
The slothful
man says,
There is a lion without, I shall be slain in the streets.
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The mouth of strange women
is a deep pit; he that is abhorred of the LORD shall fall therein.
15
Foolishness
is bound in the heart of a child,
but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.
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He that oppresses the poor to increase his
riches and who gives to the rich
shall surely
come to want.
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Bow down thine ear and hear the words of the wise, and apply thine heart unto my wisdom.
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For
it is a delightful thing if thou keep them within thee; they shall be ordered together in thy lips.
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That thy trust may be in the LORD, I have made known to thee this day, even to thee.
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Have I not written unto thee three times in counsels and knowledge,
21
that I might make thee know the certainty of the words of truth, that thou mightest answer the words of truth to those that send unto thee?
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Rob not the poor, because he
is poor: neither destroy the destitute in judgment: