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As gold in the furnace hath he tried them, and received them as a burnt offering.
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And in the time of their visitation they shall shine, and run to and fro like sparks among the stubble.
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They shall judge the nations, and have dominion over the people, and their Lord shall reign for ever.
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They that put their trust in him shall understand the truth: and such as be faithful in love shall abide with him: for grace and mercy is to his saints, and he hath care for his elect.
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But the ungodly shall be punished according to their own imaginations, which have neglected the righteous, and forsaken the Lord.
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For whoso despiseth wisdom and nurture, he is miserable, and their hope is vain, their labours unfruitful, and their works unprofitable:
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Their wives are foolish, and their children wicked:
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Their offspring is cursed. Wherefore blessed is the barren that is undefiled, which hath not known the sinful bed: she shall have fruit in the visitation of souls.
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And blessed is the eunuch, which with his hands hath wrought no iniquity, nor imagined wicked things against God: for unto him shall be given the special gift of faith, and an inheritance in the temple of the Lord more acceptable to his mind.
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For glorious is the fruit of good labours: and the root of wisdom shall never fall away.
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As for the children of adulterers, they shall not come to their perfection, and the seed of an unrighteous bed shall be rooted out.