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And if you be born, you shall be born in malediction: and if you die, in malediction shall be your portion.
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All things that are of the earth, shall return into the earth: so the ungodly shall from malediction to destruction.
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The mourning of men is about their body, but the name of the ungodly shall be blotted out.
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Take care of a good name: for this shall continue with thee, more than a thousand treasures precious and great.
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A good life hath its number of days: but a good name shall continue for ever.
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My children, keep discipline in peace: for wisdom that is hid, and a treasure that is not seen, what profit is there in them both?
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Better is the man that hideth his folly, then the man that hideth his wisdom.
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Wherefore have a shame of these things I am now going to speak of.
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For it is not good to keep all shamefacedness: and all things do not please all men in opinion.
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Be ashamed of fornication before father and mother: and of a lie before a governor and a man in power:
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Of an offence before a prince, and a judge: of iniquity before a congregation and a people: