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For it is easy in the sight of the Lord to reward a man on the day of death according to his conduct.
27
The misery of an hour makes one forget luxury, and at the close of a man's life his deeds will be revealed.
28
Call no one happy before his death; a man will be known through his children.
29
Do not bring every man into your home, for many are the wiles of the crafty.
30
Like a decoy partridge in a cage, so is the mind of a proud man, and like a spy he observes your weakness;
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.