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One who is wise is cautious in everything; when sin is all around, one guards against wrongdoing.
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Every intelligent person knows wisdom, and praises the one who finds her.
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Those who are skilled in words become wise themselves, and pour forth apt proverbs.
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Do not follow your base desires, but restrain your appetites.
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If you allow your soul to take pleasure in base desire, it will make you the laughingstock of your enemies.
Footnotes 1
[a].
Other ancient authorities add [Better is confidence in the one Lord than clinging with a dead heart to a dead one.]
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