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of profit from dealing with merchants, and of much discipline of children, and of whipping a wicked servant severely.
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Where there is an evil wife, a seal is a good thing; and where there are many hands, lock things up.
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Whatever you deal out, let it be by number and weight, and make a record of all that you give out or take in.
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Do not be ashamed to instruct the stupid or foolish or the aged man who quarrels with the young. Then you will be truly instructed, and will be approved before all men.
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A daughter keeps her father secretly wakeful, and worry over her robs him of sleep; when she is young, lest she do not marry, or if married, lest she be hated;
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while a virgin, lest she be defiled or become pregnant in her father's house; or having a husband, lest she prove unfaithful, or, though married, lest she be barren.
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Keep strict watch over a headstrong daughter, lest she make you a laughingstock to your enemies, a byword in the city and notorious among the people, and put you to shame before the great multitude.
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Do not look upon any one for beauty, and do not sit in the midst of women;
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for from garments comes the moth, and from a woman comes woman's wickedness.
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Better is the wickedness of a man than a woman who does good; and it is a woman who brings shame and disgrace.
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I will now call to mind the works of the Lord, and will declare what I have seen. By the words of the Lord his works are done.