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For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah; And he maketh level all his paths.

His own iniquities shall take the wicked, And he shall be holden with the cords of his sin.

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

That winketh with his eyes, that speaketh with his feet, That maketh signs with his fingers;

Therefore shall his calamity come suddenly; On a sudden shall he be broken, and that without remedy.

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

Or can one walk upon hot coals, And his feet not be scorched?

So he that goeth in to his neighbor's wife; Whosoever toucheth her shall not be unpunished.

But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; He shall give all the substance of his house.

He that committeth adultery with a woman is void of understanding: He doeth it who would destroy his own soul.

Wounds and dishonor shall he get; And his reproach shall not be wiped away.

Till an arrow strike through his liver; As a bird hasteth to the snare, And knoweth not that it is for his life.

Jehovah possessed me in the beginning of his way, Before his works of old.

When he gave to the sea its bound, That the waters should not transgress his commandment, When he marked out the foundations of the earth;

Then I was by him, as a master workman; And I was daily his delight, Rejoicing always before him,

Rejoicing in his habitable earth; And my delight was with the sons of men.

But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: All they that hate me love death.

The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father; But a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

The rich man's wealth is his strong city: The destruction of the poor is their poverty.