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So find thou favour and good repute, in the eyes of God and man.

So shall thy storehouses be filled with plenty, and, with new wine, shall thy vats overflow.

So shall they become life to thy soul, and an adorning to thy neck;

So he taught me, and said to me - Let thy heart, lay hold of my words, Keep my commandments and live!

So shalt thou grieve in thy latter end, in the failing of thy flesh and of thy healthy condition;

So shall come in, as a highwayman, thy poverty, and, thy want, as one armed with a shield.

So, he that goeth in unto his neighbour's wife, no man shall be guiltless who toucheth her!

So she caught him, and kissed him, and, embolding her face, she said to him:

The woman Stupidity, is boisterous, so simple that she knoweth not what she would do;

So she sitteth at the entrance of her house, upon a seat, in the heights of the city;

Like the passing away of a tempest, so the lawless one is not, but, the righteous, hath an age-abiding foundation.

As vinegar to the teeth, and as smoke to the eyes, so, is the sluggard, to them who send him.

Correct thy son, because there is hope, yet, not so as to slay him, let thy passion be excited.

For, just as he hath thought in his own mind, so, he is: Eat and drink! he may say to thee, but, his heart, is not with thee.

As for thy morsel thou hast eaten, thou shalt vomit it, so shalt thou waste thy things so sweet.

So shall my reins exult, when thy lips speak the things that are right.

So shalt thou become, as one lying down in the heart of the sea, - or as one lying down on the top of the mastgear:

Do not become a needless witness against thy neighbour, so mightest thou open too wide thy lips:

Do not say - According to what he hath done to me, so, will I do to him, I will repay every one according to his work.

So I observed it, for myself, I applied my heart, I looked - I accepted correction: