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He shall die for lack of discipline, and in the greatness of his folly he shall be lost.

Winking in his eye, shuffling in his foot, pointing in his fingers,

perversion in his heart, he devises evil; at all times he will send out discord.

Upon such a man, suddenly shall his calamity come; in a moment he will be damaged and there is no healing.

There are six things Yahweh hates, and seven things are abominations of his soul:

Can a man carry fire in his lap, and his clothes not burn?

If a man walks upon the hot coals, will his feet not be burned?

Thus, he who goes to the wife of his neighbor, any who touches her shall not go unpunished.

But if he is found, he will pay sevenfold, every possession of his house he shall give.

A wound and dishonor he will find, and his disgrace will not be wiped out.

For there is no man in his home; he has gone on a long journey.

The bag of money he took in his hand, for on the day of the full moon he will come home."

until an arrow pierces his entrails, like a bird rushing into a snare, but he does not know that it will cost him his life.

"Yahweh possessed me, the first of his ways, before his acts of old.

when he assigned his limits to the sea, that waters shall not transgress his command, when he marked the foundations of the earth,

rejoicing in the world of his earth, and my delight was with the children of humankind.

The proverbs of Solomon: A wise child makes a father glad, but a foolish child grieves his mother.

Whoever walks in integrity will walk securely, but whoever follows perversity, his ways will be made known.

The wealth of the rich is the city of his strength; the ruin of the poor is their poverty.

In many words, transgression is not lacking, but he who restrains his lips is prudent.