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Does not the ear try words as the palate tastes food?
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Wisdom is with the aged, and understanding in length of days.
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"With God are wisdom and might; he has counsel and understanding.
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If he tears down, none can rebuild; if he shuts a man in, none can open.
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If he withholds the waters, they dry up; if he sends them out, they overwhelm the land.
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With him are strength and wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are his.
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He leads counselors away stripped, and judges he makes fools.
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He looses the bonds of kings, and binds a waistcloth on their loins.
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He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.
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He deprives of speech those who are trusted, and takes away the discernment of the elders.
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He pours contempt on princes, and looses the belt of the strong.