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Those who build their houses with another person's money are like those who gather stones for their own burial mound.
9
A gathering of lawless people is the same as bundled flax; their end is a flaming fire.
10
The path of sinners is made level with stones, but its end is the pit of hell.
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Those who keep the Law become masters of their thoughts; fearing the Lord leads ultimately to wisdom.
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Those who aren't clever won't receive instruction, but there is a kind of cleverness that makes troubles multiply. will increase like a flood, and their counsel is like a stream of life.