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Gold hath been the ruin of many, and their destruction was present.
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It is a stumbling block unto them that sacrifice unto it, and every fool shall be taken therewith.
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Blessed is the rich that is found without blemish, and hath not gone after gold.
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Who is he? And we will call him blessed, for wonderful things hath he done among his people.
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Who hath been tried thereby and found perfect? Then let him glory. Who might offend and hath not offended, or done evil and hath not done it?
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His goods shall be established, and the congregation shall declare his almsgiving.
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If thou sit at a bountiful table, be not greedy upon it, and say not, "There is much meat on it."
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Remember that a wicked eye is an evil thing; and what is created more wicked than an eye? Therefore it weepeth upon every occasion.
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Stretch not thine hand whithersoever it looketh, and thrust it not with him into the dish.
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Judge of thy neighbor by thyself, and be discreet in every point.
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Eat, as it becometh a man, those things which are set before thee; and devour not, lest thou be hated.