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A wise man will instruct his own people, and the fruits of his understanding will be trustworthy.
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A wise man will have praise heaped upon him, and all who see him will call him happy.
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The life of a man is numbered by days, but the days of Israel are without number.
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He who is wise among his people will inherit confidence, and his name will live for ever.
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My son, test your soul while you live; see what is bad for it and do not give it that.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.