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\c 11
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\q1
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\v 1 When people use scales that are not correct;
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\q1 Yahweh is angry that they are stealing from their customers;
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\q2 he is delighted with those who use correct weights on the scales.
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\q1
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\v 2 People who are proud live in such a way that always ends in disgrace;
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\q2 people who are humble are the only ones who can learn about wisdom.
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\q1
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\v 3 People who keep their promises also make choices that lead them in the right way;
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\q2 those who cannot be trusted are destroyed by their own dishonesty.
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\q1
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\v 4 Your money will not help you on the day Yahweh judges the world;
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\q2 but if you do what is right, you will be kept safe from many dangers, even death.
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\q1
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\v 5 When people are honest and good, they know where they should go and what they should do;
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\q2 but those who do evil find that their wickedness will destroy them.
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\q1
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\v 6 God rescues those who do what is right,
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\q2 but those who do what is evil become slaves to their desires.
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\q1
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\v 7 When a wicked person dies, all he hoped for in the future is lost;
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\q2 what he wanted to accomplish with his strength, will never happen.
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\q1
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\v 8 The one who does what is right, Yahweh delivers from trouble;
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\q2 and Yahweh gives that trouble to the wicked.
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\q1
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\v 9 A person who has no kind of religious faith uses his words to destroy his neighbor;
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\q2 but people who do right will be saved by the knowledge they have gathered.
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\q1
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\v 10 When things go well for those who do what is right, those in their city are happy,
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\q2 and shouts of joy are heard when wicked people die.
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\q1
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\v 11 When there are people in the city who please God and they give good gifts to others, the city becomes great;
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\q2 but the words spoken by the wicked tear down the city.
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\v 12 The one who treats his friend with contempt has no good judgment;
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\q2 a person who has learned what is important says nothing.
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\v 13 Those who spread gossip tell secrets to others,
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\q2 but a person you can trust will not talk about it.
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\q1
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\v 14 A nation will be destroyed if it does not have leaders who guide it wisely;
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\q2 but the nation will have victory when it listens to many advisors.
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\q1
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\v 15 If you promise to pay off a loan that is taken by a stranger, you will lose your money.
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\q2 You will be safe if you refuse to make any kind of agreement to pay someone else's debts.
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\q1
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\v 16 A kindhearted woman earns respect;
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\q2 but violent people take hold of riches.
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\v 17 By their kindness to others kind people give good gifts to themselves,
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\q2 but one who is cruel hurts himself by his cruelty.
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\v 18 Wicked people tell lies to make more money,
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\q2 but those who do what is right will be paid even more because they earned it.
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\v 19 Those who do what is right will live,
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\q2 but those who do what is wrong will die.
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\v 20 Yahweh hates those who take good things and they twist them and they do bad things with them,
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\q2 but he is delighted with those who always do what is right.
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\v 21 It is certain that evil people will not escape their punishment.
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\q2 and the children of those who do right will be kept safe.
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\q1
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\v 22 If you see a gold ring in a pig's nose,
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\q2 that is very much like a beautiful woman who does not have good sense.
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\q1
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\v 23 Those who do what is right desire things that result in good,
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\q2 but the reward of the wicked is that they will experience Yahweh's wrath.
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\q1
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\v 24 If a person sows seed, he can expect to harvest a crop;
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\q1 his few seeds will give him much more;
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\q1 another person does not plant a crop, and he becomes poor.
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\q1
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\v 25 Those who give generously to others will prosper;
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\q2 if you share your water with other people, you will have enough for yourself, too.
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\v 26 People will curse the merchant who will not sell them grain,
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\q2 but they praise the one who sells it.
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\q1
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\v 27 If you work hard and go out to find what is good, you will also find good will.
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\q2 but if you look for evil, you will find it.
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\v 28 Those who trust in their money will fall down,
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\q2 but those who do what is right will grow like a healthy tree.
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\q1
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\v 29 Those who bring troubles to their families will inherit nothing,
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\q2 and those who do foolish things will become the servants of those who are wise.
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\q1
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\v 30 Those who do what is right will be like a life giving tree,
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\q2 but acts of violence take away life.
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\v 31 It is sure that those who do what is right will get what they truly deserve;
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\q2 but even more, the person who does bad things
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\q1 and the one who sins against Yahweh,
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\q1 will surely receive what they deserve.
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