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Love justice, you that are the judges of the earth. Think of the Lord in goodness, and seek him in simplicity of heart.
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For he is found by them that tempt him not: and he sheweth himself to them that have faith in him.
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For perverse thoughts seperate from God: and his power, when it is tried, reproveth the unwise:
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For wisdom will not enter into a malicious soul, nor dwell in a body subject to sins.
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For the Holy Spirit of discipline will flee from the deceitful, and will withdraw himself from thoughts that are without understanding, and he shall not abide when iniquity cometh in.
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For the spirit of wisdom is benevolent, and will not acquit the evil speaker from his lips: for God is witness of his reins, and he is a true searcher of his heart, and a hearer of his tongue.
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For the spirit of the Lord hath filled the whole world: and that, which containeth all things, hath knowledge of the voice.
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Therefore he that speaketh unjust things cannot be hid, neither shall the chastising judgment pass him by.