92 lines
2.9 KiB
Markdown
92 lines
2.9 KiB
Markdown
## Hope in Yahweh and He Will Save You
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Wine is a mocker, strong drink a brawler, And whoever is led astray by it is not wise.
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###### 2
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The terror of a king is like the roar of a lion; He who provokes him to anger sins against his own soul.
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It is a glory for a man to cease quarreling, But any ignorant fool will break out _in dispute_.
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The sluggard does not plow from winter _on_, So he begs during the harvest and has nothing.
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Counsel in the heart of a man is _like_ deep water, But a man of discernment draws it out.
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Many a man will call out his own lovingkindness, But a faithful man, who can find?
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A righteous man who walks in his integrity-- How blessed are his sons after him.
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A king who sits on the throne of justice Disperses all evil with his eyes.
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Who can say, "I have kept my heart pure, I am clean from my sin"?
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Differing weights and differing measures, Both of them are an abomination to Yahweh.
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It is by his deeds that a young man makes himself known If his conduct is pure and right.
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The hearing ear and the seeing eye, Yahweh has made both of them.
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Do not love sleep, lest you become poor; Open your eyes, _and_ you will be satisfied with food.
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"Bad, bad," says the buyer, But when he goes his way, then he boasts.
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There is gold, and an abundance of pearls; But the lips of knowledge are a more precious vessel.
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Take his garment when he becomes a guarantor for a stranger; And for foreigners, hold him in pledge.
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Bread obtained by lying is sweet to a man, But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.
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Thoughts are established by counsel, So make war by guidance.
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He who goes about as a slanderer reveals secrets, Therefore do not associate with one of loose lips.
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He who curses his father or his mother, His lamp will go out in the midst of darkness.
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An inheritance gained hurriedly at the beginning In the end will not be blessed.
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###### 22
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Do not say, "I will repay evil"; Hope in Yahweh, and He will save you.
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Differing weights are an abomination to Yahweh, And a deceitful balance is not good.
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The steps of a man are from Yahweh, How then can man understand his way?
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It is a trap for a man to say rashly, "It is holy!" And after the vows to make inquiry.
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A wise king winnows the wicked, And turns the _threshing_ wheel over them.
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The breath of man is the lamp of Yahweh, Searching all the innermost parts of his body.
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Lovingkindness and truth will guard the king, And he upholds his throne by lovingkindness.
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The honor of young men is their strength, And the majesty of old men is their gray hair.
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Stripes that wound scour away evil, And strokes _reach_ the innermost parts of the body.
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