## Yahweh Is the Maker of All 

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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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The rich and the poor meet together _in this_-- Yahweh is the Maker of them all. 

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A prudent man sees evil and hides, But the simple pass on, and are punished. 

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The reward of humility--the fear of Yahweh-- Is riches, glory, and life. 

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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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Train up a child according to his way, Even when he is old he will not depart from it. 

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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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He who is generous will be blessed, For he gives from his food to the poor. 

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Drive out the scoffer, and strife will go out, Even contention and disgrace will cease. 

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He who loves purity of heart _And_ grace on his lips, the king is his friend. 

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The eyes of Yahweh guard knowledge, But He subverts the words of the treacherous one. 

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The sluggard says, "There is a lion outside; I will be killed in the streets!" 

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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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For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, That they may be established on your lips. 

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So that your trust may be in Yahweh, I have made you know today, even you. 

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Have I not written to you excellent things Of counsels and knowledge, 

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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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Do not rob the poor because he is poor, And do not crush the afflicted at the gate; 

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For Yahweh will plead their case And rob the soul of those who rob them. 

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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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If you have nothing with which to pay, Why should he take your bed from under you? 

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Do not move the ancient boundary Which your fathers made. 

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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.