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WITH three things my spirit is pleased, which are approved before God and men:
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The concord of brethren, and the love of neighbours, and mall and wife that agree well together.
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Three sorts my soul hateth, and I am greatly grieved at their life:
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A poor man that is proud: a rich man that is a liar: an old man that is a fool, and doting.
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The things that thou hast not gathered in thy youth, how shalt thou find them in thy old age?
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O how comely is judgment for a grey head, and for ancients to know counsel!
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O how comely is wisdom for the aged, and understanding and counsel to men of honour!
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Much experience is the crown of old men, and the fear of God is their glory.
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Nine things that are not to be imagined by the heart have I magnified, and the tenth I will utter to men with my tongue.
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A man that hath joy of his children: and he that liveth and seeth the fall of his enemies.
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Blessed is he. that dwelleth with a wise woman, and that hath not slipped with his tongue, and that hath not served such as are unworthy of him.