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\c 20
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\q1
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\v 1 Wine makes you loud, and strong drink makes you foolish;
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\q2 whoever lets alcohol lead them to where they get lost is not wise.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 2 The king's wrath makes people as afraid as if they were facing a young lion roaring at them;
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\q2 the person who makes a king angry is giving up his own life.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 3 It is an honor to stay out of an argument,
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\q2 but every fool is ready to join one.
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\q1
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\v 4 The lazy person is not willing to plow his crops again in autumn,
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\q2 and when it is harvest time, he looks, but there is nothing growing in his field.
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\q1
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\v 5 The purposes within a person's life are like waters in a deep well,
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\q2 but a person who has understanding is able to draw them out.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 6 Many people proclaim that they can be trusted to do what they promise,
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\q2 but it is very difficult to find one who can really be trusted.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 7 The person who always does right—
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\q2 how fortunate will be his children who follow after him.
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\q1
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\v 8 A king who sits on his throne to act as a judge
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\q2 can distinguish between all the kinds of evil before him just by looking at them.
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\s5
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\q1
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\v 9 No one can truthfully say, "I have kept my heart pure, and I am free from my sins."
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\q1
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\v 10 Uneven weights, improperly marked, and unequal measures, that favor the one who is selling,
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\q2 Yahweh hates both of them.
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\v 11 Also, even a youth is known by how what he does,
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\q2 it is clear whether what he does is pure and respectable or not.
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\b
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\v 12 Ears that hear and eyes that see—
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\q2 Yahweh made them both.
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\v 13 If you love to sleep all the time, you will become poor;
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\q2 stay awake when you should be at work and you will have plenty to eat.
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\v 14 "It is no good," the buyer says when he is bargaining with you about the price.
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\q2 But after he buys it, he goes and boasts to his friends what a good price he bought it for.
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\b
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\q1
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\v 15 Consider the value of gold and many expensive jewels,
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\q2 but the words of the one who has knowledge are like precious jewels.
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\v 16 Take the expensive coat of the person who guarantees a loan for a stranger, so it can be sold if the debt is not paid back.
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\q2 And if he makes a pledge for an immoral woman, hold his coat as a guarantee for the loan he makes.
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\v 17 Bread gotten by telling a lie, may taste sweet,
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\q2 but later his mouth will be like it was full of gravel, because of his lies.
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\v 18 Good plans are made in consultation with good advisors,
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\q2 and only with wise advisors giving their advice should anyone go to war.
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\q1
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\v 19 A gossip tells secrets,
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\q2 so stay away from people who talk too much.
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\v 20 If a person curses his father or his mother,
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\q2 his life will be put out as a light that is snuffed out.
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\q1
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\v 21 An inheritance that comes to a person quickly, may do some good at the beginning,
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\q2 but later it will do less good for the person who received it.
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\v 22 Do not say, "I will pay you back for the wrong you did to me."
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\q2 Wait for Yahweh and he will take care of the matter.
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\v 23 Yahweh detests those who use dishonest scales
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\q2 and weights that are not accurate.
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\b
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\v 24 Yahweh is the one who directs the way a person will go.
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\q2 So then, how can someone understand where he is going?
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\q1
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\v 25 It is dangerous to declare that something is holy to Yahweh,
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\q2 and it is worse to think about the meaning of holiness only after you have made a vow.
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\v 26 A king who is wise will separate the wicked from among his people;
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\q2 then he will severely punish those wicked people.
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\q1
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\v 27 The life-giving spirit within a man is the light shining from Yahweh within us,
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\q2 it shines deep within and shows what is hidden deep inside us.
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\b
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\v 28 Love and faithfulness preserve the life of the king;
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\q2 his throne is made strong by steadfast love.
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\q1
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\v 29 The honor of young people is seen in how strong they are,
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\q2 but the splendor of old people is in their gray hair.
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\b
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\v 30 When we are beaten, the wound that results may cleanse away evil,
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\q2 and beatings make our inmost self clean.
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