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A king on the seat of judging puts to flight all evil with his eyes.

Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right.

A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got.

Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men.

Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand.

If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.

A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way?

It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.

Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts.

The king's heart in the hands of the Lord is like the water streams, and by him it is turned in any direction at his pleasure.

Twisted is the way of him who is full of crime; but as for him whose heart is clean, his work is upright.

The desire of the evil-doer is fixed on evil: he has no kind feeling for his neighbour.

He whose ears are stopped at the cry of the poor, will himself get no answer to his cry for help.

The wanderer from the way of knowledge will have his resting-place among the shades.

He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles.

The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work.

All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back.

The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way.

Thorns and nets are in the way of the twisted: he who keeps watch over his soul will be far from them.

The man of wealth has rule over the poor, and he who gets into debt is a servant to his creditor.