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For her house leads down to death, and her tracks to the departed spirits.

For the upright shall live in the land, and the perfect shall remain in it.

for they shall add length of days and long life and peace to you.

for whom Jehovah loves He corrects, even as a father corrects the son with whom he is pleased.

For its profit is better than the gain from silver, and its increase more than fine gold;

For Jehovah shall be at your side, and He shall keep your foot from being caught.

For the perverse one is hateful to Jehovah, but His intimacy is with the righteous.

for I give you good teaching; do not forsake my law.

For I was my father's son, tender and an only one in the sight of my mother.

Take fast hold of instruction, do not let her go; keep her, for she is your life.

For they do not sleep if they have done no evil, and their sleep is taken away unless they cause some to fall.

For they eat the bread of wickedness, and drink the wine of violence.

for they are life to those who find them, and healing to all his flesh.

Keep your heart with all diligence, for out of it are the issues of life.

For the lips of a strange woman drip honey, and her palate is sweeter than oil,

For the ways of man are before the eyes of Jehovah, and He ponders all his tracks.

My son, if you are surety for your friend, if you struck your hands with an alien,

For the commandment is a lamp, and the law a light; and reproofs of instruction are a way of life,

For on account of a woman, a harlot, a man comes to the last loaf of bread, and another man's wife hunts for the precious soul.

For jealousy is the rage of a man, and he will not spare in the day of vengeance.