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And hath forgotten the covenant of her God: for her house inclineth unto death, and her paths to hell.

For they that are upright, shall dwell in the earth; and the simple shall continue in it.

For they shall add to thee length of days, and years of life, and peace.

For it shall be health to thy navel, and moistening to thy bones.

For whom the Lord loveth, he chastiseth: and as a father in the son he pleaseth himself.

For the Lord will be at thy side, and will keep thy foot that thou be not taken.

For every mocker is an abomination to the Lord, and his communication is with the simple.

For I also was my father’s son, tender, and as an only son in the sight of my mother:

For they sleep not, except they have done evil: and their sleep is taken away unless they have made some to fall.

For they are life to those that find them, and health to all flesh.

Make straight the path for thy feet, and all thy ways shall be established.

Decline not to the right hand, nor to the left: turn away thy foot from evil. For the Lord knoweth the ways that are on the right hand: but those are perverse which are on the left hand. But he will make thy courses straight, he will bring forward thy ways in peace.

For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.

My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, thou hast engaged fast thy hand to a stranger,

Provideth her meat for herself in the summer, and gathereth her food in the harvest.

For the price of a harlot is scarce one loaf: but the woman catcheth the precious soul of a man.

The fault is not so great when a man hath stolen: for he stealeth to fill his hungry soul:

But he that is an adulterer, for the folly of his heart shall destroy his own soul:

Nor will he yield to any man’s prayers, nor will he accept for satisfaction ever so many gifts.

For I looked out of the window of my house through the lattice,