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The good of eye -- he is blessed, For he hath given of his bread to the poor.

Whoso is loving cleanness of heart, Grace [are] his lips, a king [is] his friend.

Lest thou learn his paths, And have received a snare to thy soul.

Hast thou seen a man speedy in his business? Before kings he doth station himself, He stations not himself before obscure men!

Have no desire to his dainties, seeing it [is] lying food.

Eat not the bread of an evil eye, And have no desire to his dainties,

For as he hath thought in his soul, so [is] he, `Eat and drink,' saith he to thee, And his heart [is] not with thee.

Thou with a rod smitest him, And his soul from Sheol thou deliverest.

Wisdom [is] high for a fool, In the gate he openeth not his mouth.

When thou sayest, `Lo, we knew not this.' Is not the Ponderer of hearts He who understandeth? And the Keeper of thy soul He who knoweth? And He hath rendered to man according to his work.

Lay not wait, O wicked one, At the habitation of the righteous. Do not spoil his resting-place.

In the falling of thine enemy rejoice not, And in his stumbling let not thy heart be joyful,

Lest Jehovah see, and [it be] evil in His eyes, And He hath turned from off him His anger.

Say not, `As he did to me, so I do to him, I render to each according to his work.'

Take away the wicked before a king, And established in righteousness is his throne.

As a vessel of snow in a day of harvest, [So is] a faithful ambassador to those sending him, And the soul of his masters he refresheth.

A maul, and a sword, and a sharp arrow, [Is] the man testifying against his neighbour a false testimony.

For coals thou art putting on his head, And Jehovah giveth recompense to thee.

A city broken down without walls, [Is] a man without restraint over his spirit!

Answer not a fool according to his folly, Lest thou be like to him -- even thou.