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The righteous live a life of integrity; happy are their children after them.
8
The king seated on his judgment throne can winnow out all evil with his glance.
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Who can say, "I have made my heart clean, I am cleansed from my sin"?
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False weights and false measures -ADONAI detests them both.
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The character of even a child is known by how he acts, by whether his deeds are pure and right.
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The hearing ear and the seeing eye -ADONAI made them both.
13
If you love sleep, you will become poor; keep your eyes open, and you'll have plenty of food.
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"Really bad stuff!" says the buyer [to the seller]; then he goes off and brags [about his bargain].
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A person may have gold and a wealth of pearls, but lips informed by knowledge are a precious jewel.
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Seize his clothes, because he guaranteed a stranger's loan; take them as security for that unknown woman.
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Food obtained by fraud may taste good, but later the mouth is full of gravel.