89 lines
2.7 KiB
Markdown
89 lines
2.7 KiB
Markdown
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## Yahweh Is the Maker of All
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###### 1
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A _good_ name is to be chosen over great wealth, Favor is better than silver and gold.
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###### 2
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The rich and the poor meet together _in this_-- Yahweh is the Maker of them all.
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###### 3
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A prudent man sees evil and hides, But the simple pass on, and are punished.
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###### 4
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The reward of humility--the fear of Yahweh-- Is riches, glory, and life.
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###### 5
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Thorns _and_ snares are in the way of the crooked; He who keeps his soul will be far from them.
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###### 6
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Train up a child according to his way, Even when he is old he will not depart from it.
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###### 7
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The rich rules over the poor, And the borrower is the slave of the lender.
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He who sows unrighteousness will reap iniquity, And the rod of his fury will end.
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###### 9
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He who is generous will be blessed, For he gives from his food to the poor.
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###### 10
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Drive out the scoffer, and strife will go out, Even contention and disgrace will cease.
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###### 11
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He who loves purity of heart _And_ grace on his lips, the king is his friend.
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###### 12
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The eyes of Yahweh guard knowledge, But He subverts the words of the treacherous one.
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###### 13
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The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside; I will be killed in the streets!"
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###### 14
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The mouth of strange women is a deep pit; He who is cursed of Yahweh will fall into it.
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Folly is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of discipline will remove it far from him.
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He who oppresses the poor to make more for himself Or who gives to the rich _will_ only _come to_ lack.
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Incline your ear and hear the words of the wise, And set your heart on my knowledge;
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###### 18
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For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, That they may be established on your lips.
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###### 19
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So that your trust may be in Yahweh, I have made you know today, even you.
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###### 20
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Have I not written to you excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,
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###### 21
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To make you know the veracity of the words of truth That you may respond with the words of truth to him who sent you?
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###### 22
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Do not rob the poor because he is poor, And do not crush the afflicted at the gate;
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###### 23
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For Yahweh will plead their case And rob the soul of those who rob them.
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###### 24
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Do not befriend a man of anger; And do not come along with a man of great wrath,
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Lest you learn his ways And take _on_ a snare against your soul.
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Do not be among those who strike hands _in pledge_, Among those who become guarantors for debts.
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###### 27
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If you have nothing with which to pay, Why should he take your bed from under you?
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###### 28
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Do not move the ancient boundary Which your fathers made.
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###### 29
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Do you see a man skilled in his work? He will stand before kings; He will not stand before obscure men.
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