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My son, meddle not with many matters: for if thou meddle much, thou shalt not be innocent; and if thou follow after, thou shalt not obtain, neither shalt thou escape by fleeing.
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There is one that laboreth, and taketh pains, and maketh haste, and is so much the more behind.
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Again, there is another that is slow, and hath need of help, lacking in ability, and full of poverty; yet the eye of the Lord looked upon him for good, and set him up from his low estate,
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and lifted up his head from misery, so that many that saw it marveled at him.
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Prosperity and adversity, life and death, poverty and riches, come from the Lord.
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Wisdom, knowledge, and understanding of the law, are of the Lord: love, and the way of good works, are from Him.
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Error and darkness had their beginning together with sinners, and evil shall wax old with them that glory therein.
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The gift of the Lord remaineth with the godly, and His favor bringeth prosperity for ever.
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There is one that waxeth rich by his wariness and pinching, and this is the portion of his reward:
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whereas he saith, "I have found rest, and now will eat continually of my goods," yet he knoweth not what time shall come upon him, and that he must leave those things to others, and die.
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Be steadfast in thy covenant, and be occupied therein, and wax old in thy work.