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1The sluggard does not plow in the autumn;
2he will seek at harvest and have nothing.
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The purpose in a man's heart is like
3deep water, but a man of understanding will draw it out.
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Many a man
4proclaims his own steadfast love, but
5a faithful man who can find?
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The righteous who
6walks in his integrity--
7blessed are his children after him!
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8A king who sits on the throne of judgment
9winnows all evil with his eyes.
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10Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?
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11Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
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Even a child
12makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.
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13The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
14the LORD has made them both.
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15Love not sleep, lest you
16come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have
17plenty of bread.
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"Bad, bad," says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.