## The Counsel of Yahweh Will Stand 

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Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity Than he who is crooked in lips and is a fool. 

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Also it is not good for a person to be without knowledge, And he who hurries his footsteps sins. 

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The folly of man subverts his way, But his heart rages against Yahweh. 

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Wealth adds many friends, But a poor man is separated from his friend. 

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A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who breathes out lies will not escape. 

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Many will seek the favor of a noble man, And everyone is a friend to a man who gives gifts. 

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All the brothers of a poor man hate him; How much more do his friends distance _themselves_ from him! He pursues _them with_ words, _but_ they are no more. 

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He who acquires a heart _of wisdom_ loves his own soul; He who keeps discernment will find good. 

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A false witness will not go unpunished, And he who breathes out lies will perish. 

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Luxury is not fitting for a fool; Much less for a slave to rule over princes. 

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A man's insight makes him slow to anger, And it is his honor to overlook a transgression. 

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The king's wrath is like the roaring of a lion, But his favor is like dew on the grass. 

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A foolish son is destruction to his father, And the contentions of a wife are a constant dripping. 

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House and wealth are an inheritance from fathers, But a wife who has insight is from Yahweh. 

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Laziness casts into a deep sleep, And a slack-handed soul will suffer hunger. 

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He who keeps the commandment keeps his soul, _But_ he who despises his way will die. 

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He who is gracious to a poor man lends to Yahweh, And He will repay him for his bountiful deed. 

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Discipline your son while there is hope, And do not direct your soul to put him to death. 

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_A man of_ great wrath will bear the penalty, For if you deliver _him_, you will only have to do it again. 

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Listen to counsel and receive discipline, That you may be wise in the end of your _days_. 

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Many thoughts are in a man's heart, But it is the counsel of Yahweh that will stand. 

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What is desirable in a man is his lovingkindness, And better is a poor man than a man of falsehood. 

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The fear of Yahweh _leads_ to life, So that one may sleep satisfied, not visited by evil. 

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The sluggard buries his hand in the dish, _But_ will not even bring it back to his mouth. 

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Strike a scoffer and the simple may become prudent, But reprove one who has understanding and he will understand knowledge. 

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He who assaults _his_ father _and_ causes _his_ mother to flee Is a son who brings shame and humiliation. 

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Cease listening, my son, to discipline, _And you will_ stray from the words of knowledge. 

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A vile witness scoffs at justice, And the mouth of the wicked swallows up iniquity. 

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Judgments are established for scoffers, And beatings for the back of fools.