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Most men make no secret of their kind acts: but where is a man of good faith to be seen?
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An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him!
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A king on the seat of judging puts to flight all evil with his eyes.
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Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin?
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Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord.
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Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.
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The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work.
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Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough.
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A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.
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There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price.
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Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.