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The righteous who
1walks in his integrity--
2blessed are his children after him!
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3A king who sits on the throne of judgment
4winnows all evil with his eyes.
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5Who can say, "I have made my heart pure; I am clean from my sin"?
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6Unequal weights and unequal measures are both alike an abomination to the LORD.
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Even a child
7makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.
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8The hearing ear and the seeing eye,
9the LORD has made them both.
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10Love not sleep, lest you
11come to poverty; open your eyes, and you will have
12plenty of bread.
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"Bad, bad," says the buyer, but when he goes away, then he boasts.
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There is gold and abundance of
13costly stones,
14but the lips of knowledge are a precious jewel.
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15Take a man's garment when he has put up security for a stranger, and
16hold it in pledge when he puts up security for foreigners.
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17Bread gained by deceit is sweet to a man, but afterward his mouth will be full of
18gravel.