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When He set a boundary for the sea So that the water would not violate His command, When He marked out the foundations of the earth;

The path of life leads upward for the wise, So that he may keep away from Sheol below.

Listen to advice and accept discipline, So that you may be wise the rest of your days.

The fear of the LORD leads to life, So that one may sleep satisfied, untouched by evil.

For it will be pleasant if you keep them within you, So that they may be ready on your lips.

So that your trust may be in the LORD, I have taught you today, you indeed.

To make you know the certainty of the words of truth, So that you may correctly answer him who sent you?

Have you found honey? Eat only what you need, So that you do not have it in excess and vomit it.

Answer a fool as his foolishness deserves, So that he will not be wise in his own eyes.

Be wise, my son, and make my heart glad, So that I may reply to one who taunts me.

So that I will not be full and deny You and say, "Who is the LORD?" And that I will not become impoverished and steal, And profane the name of my God.

For to a person who is good in His sight, He has given wisdom and knowledge and joy, while to the sinner He has given the task of gathering and collecting so that he may give to one who is good in God's sight. This too is futility and striving after wind.

a person to whom God has given riches, wealth, and honor, so that his soul lacks nothing of all that he desires, yet God has not given him the opportunity to enjoy these things, but a foreigner enjoys them. This is futility and a severe affliction.

On the day of prosperity be happy, But on the day of adversity consider: God has made the one as well as the other So that a person will not discover anything that will come after him.

Also, do not take seriously all the words which are spoken, so that you do not hear your servant cursing you,

"Come back, come back, O Shulammite; Come back, come back, so that we may look at you!" The Groom "Why should you look at the Shulammite, As at the dance of the two armies?

And many peoples will come and say, "Come, let's go up to the mountain of the LORD, To the house of the God of Jacob; So that He may teach us about His ways, And that we may walk in His paths." For the law will go out from Zion And the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.

Woe to those who rise early in the morning so that they may pursue intoxicating drink, Who stay up late in the evening so that wine may inflame them!

Who say, "Let Him hurry, let Him do His work quickly, so that we may see it; And let the plan of the Holy One of Israel approach And come to pass, so that we may know it!"

"Make the hearts of this people insensitive, Their ears dull, And their eyes blind, So that they will not see with their eyes, Hear with their ears, Understand with their hearts, And return and be healed."