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All one's ways may be pure in one's own eyes, but the Lord weighs the spirit.
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Commit your work to the Lord, and your plans will be established.
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The Lord has made everything for its purpose, even the wicked for the day of trouble.
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All those who are arrogant are an abomination to the Lord; be assured, they will not go unpunished.
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By loyalty and faithfulness iniquity is atoned for, and by the fear of the Lord one avoids evil.
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When the ways of people please the Lord, he causes even their enemies to be at peace with them.
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Better is a little with righteousness than large income with injustice.
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The human mind plans the way, but the Lord directs the steps.
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Inspired decisions are on the lips of a king; his mouth does not sin in judgment.
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Honest balances and scales are the Lord's; all the weights in the bag are his work.
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It is an abomination to kings to do evil, for the throne is established by righteousness.