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The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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Designs are strengthened by counsels: and wars are to be managed by governments.
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Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his lips.
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He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.
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The inheritance gotten hastily in the beginning, in the end shall be without a blessing.
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Say not: I will return evil: wait for the Lord, and he will deliver thee.
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Diverse weights are an abomination before the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good.
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The steps of men are guided by the Lord: but who is the man that can understand his own way?
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It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and after vows to retract.
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A wise king scattereth the wicked, and bringeth over them the wheel.
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The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord, which searcheth all the hidden things of the bowels.