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But stay constantly with a godly man whom you know to be a keeper of the commandments, whose soul is in accord with your soul, and who will sorrow with you if you fail.
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And establish the counsel of your own heart, for no one is more faithful to you than it is.
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For a man's soul sometimes keeps him better informed than seven watchmen sitting high on a watchtower.
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And besides all this pray to the Most High that he may direct your way in truth.
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Reason is the beginning of every work, and counsel precedes every undertaking.
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.