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The glory of God, is to conceal a thing, but, the glory of kings, is to search out a thing.

The heavens for height, and the earth for depth, but, the heart of kings, cannot be searched.

Remove the dross from the silver, and there cometh forth, to the refiner, a vessel:

Remove a lawless man from before the king, that his throne, may be established in righteousness.

Do not honour thyself before a king, nor, in the place of great men, do thou stand;

For better it be said to thee, Come up hither, - than that thou be put lower down before a noble, whom thine own eyes, have beheld.

By long patience, is a judge persuaded, and, a soft tongue, breaketh the bone.