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For the Lord will see it, and it will not please him, and he will turn away his wrath from him.

Who has gone up to heaven, and come down? who has gathered the winds in his bosom? who has wrapped up the waters in a garment? who has dominion of all the ends of the earth? what is his name? or what is the name of his children?

Add not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be made a liar.

Deliver not a servant into the hands of his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be utterly destroyed.

My words have been spoken by God—the oracular answer of a king, whom his mother instructed.

Slay the ungodly from before the king, and his throne shall prosper in righteousness.

As a fall of snow in the time of harvest is good against heat, so a faithful messenger refreshes those that send him; for he helps the souls of his employers.

As a club, and a dagger, and a pointed arrow, so also is a man who bears false witness against his friend.

for so doing thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the Lord shall reward thee with good.

Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest thou become like him.

Yet answer a fool according to his folly, lest he seem wise in his own conceit.

He that sends a message by a foolish messenger procures for himself a reproach from his own ways.

As when a dog goes to his own vomit, and becomes abominable, so is fool who returns in his wickedness to his own sin. [There is a shame that brings sin: and there is a shame that is glory and grace.]

As a door turns on the hinge, so does a sluggard on his bed.

A sluggard having hid his hand in his bosom, will not be able to bring it up to his mouth.

A weeping enemy promises all things with his lips, but in his heart he contrives deceit.

Though thine enemy intreat thee with a loud voice, consent not: for there are seven abominations in his heart.

He that hides enmity frames deceit: but being easily discerned, exposes his own sins in the public assemblies.

He that digs a pit for his neighbour shall fall into it: and he that rolls a stone, rolls it upon himself.

As when a bird flies down from its own nest, so a man is brought into bondage whenever he estranges himself from his own place.