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His own iniquities will capture the wicked, And he will be held with the cords of his sin.

He will die for lack of instruction, And in the greatness of his folly he will go astray.

Who winks with his eyes, who signals with his feet, Who points with his fingers;

Who with perversity in his heart continually devises evil, Who spreads strife.

Therefore his calamity will come suddenly; Instantly he will be broken and there will be no healing.

Can a man take fire in his bosom And his clothes not be burned?

Or can a man walk on hot coals And his feet not be scorched?

So is the one who goes in to his neighbor's wife; Whoever touches her will not go unpunished.

But when he is found, he must repay sevenfold; He must give all the substance of his house.

Wounds and disgrace he will find, And his reproach will not be blotted out.

Until an arrow pierces through his liver; As a bird hastens to the snare, So he does not know that it will cost him his life.

"The LORD possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old.

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

Then I was beside Him, as a master workman; And I was daily His delight, Rejoicing always before Him,

Rejoicing in the world, His earth, And having my delight in the sons of men.

Give instruction to a wise man and he will be still wiser, Teach a righteous man and he will increase his learning.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a father glad, But a foolish son is a grief to his mother.

He who walks in integrity walks securely, But he who perverts his ways will be found out.

The rich man's wealth is his fortress, The ruin of the poor is their poverty.

When there are many words, transgression is unavoidable, But he who restrains his lips is wise.