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Strive not in a matter which doth not concern thee, and sit not in judgment with sinners.
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My son, meddle not with many matters: and if thou be rich, thou shalt not be free from sin: for if thou pursue after thou shalt not overtake: and if thou run before thou shalt not escape.
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There is an ungodly man that laboureth, and maketh haste, and is in sorrow, and is so much the more in want.
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Again, there is an inactive man that wanteth help, is very weak in ability, and full of poverty:
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Yet the eye of God hath looked upon him for good, and hath lifted him up from his low estate, and hath exalted his head: and many have wondered at him, and have glorified God.
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Good things and evil, life and death, poverty and riches, are from God.
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Wisdom and discipline, and the knowledge of the law are with God. Love and the ways of good things are with him
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Error and darkness are created with sinners: and they that glory in evil things, grow old in evil.
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The gift of God abideth with the just, and his advancement shall have success for ever.
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There is one that is enriched by living sparingly, and this is the portion of his reward.
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In that he saith: I have found me rest, and now I will eat of my goods alone:
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And he knoweth not what time shall pass, and that death approacheth, and that he must leave all to others, and shall die.
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Be steadfast in thy covenant, and be conversant therein, and grow old in the work of thy commandments.
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Abide not in the works of sinners. But trust in God, and stay in thy place.
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For it is easy in the eyes of God on a sudden to make the poor man rich.
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The blessing of God maketh haste to reward the just, and in a swift hour his blessing beareth fruit.
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Say not: What need I, and what good shall I have by this?
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Say not: I am sufficient for myself: and what shall I be made worse by this?
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In the day of good things be not unmindful of evils: and in the day of evils be not unmindful of good things:
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For it is easy before God in the day of death to reward every one according to his ways.
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The affliction of an hour maketh one forget great delights, and in the end of a man is the disclosing of his works.