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The terror of a king is like
1the growling of a lion; whoever provokes him to anger
2forfeits his life.
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It is an honor for a man to
3keep aloof from strife, but every fool will be quarreling.
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4The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;
5he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
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The purpose in a man’s heart is like
6deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
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Many a man
7proclaims his own steadfast love, but
8a faithful man who can find?
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The righteous who
9walks in his integrity—
10blessed are his children after him!
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11A king who sits on the throne of judgment
12winnows all evil with his eyes.
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13Who can say, “I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin”?
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14Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the Lord.
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Even a child
15makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.
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16The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
17the Lord has made them both.