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As when one plows and breaks up the soil, turning up rocks, so our bones have been scattered at the mouth of Sheol.

Free me from prison so that I can praise Your name. The righteous will gather around me because You deal generously with me.

so that He may guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His loyal followers.

So follow the way of good people, and keep to the paths of the righteous.

Listen, my sons, to a father's discipline, and pay attention so that you may gain understanding,

Wisdom is supreme—so get wisdom. And whatever else you get, get understanding.

so that you may maintain discretion and your lips safeguard knowledge.

So now, my sons, listen to me, and don't turn away from the words of my mouth.

So it is with the one who sleeps with another man's wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.

The one who commits adultery lacks sense; whoever does so destroys himself.

So I came out to meet you, to search for you, and I've found you.

when He set a limit for the sea so that the waters would not violate His command, when He laid out the foundations of the earth.

As shameful conduct is pleasure for a fool, so wisdom is for a man of understanding.

Like vinegar to the teeth and smoke to the eyes, so the slacker is to the one who sends him on an errand.

The lips of the wise broadcast knowledge, but not so the heart of fools.

For the discerning the path of life leads upward, so that he may avoid going down to Sheol.

Listen to counsel and receive instruction so that you may be wise later in life.

A man's steps are determined by the Lord , so how can anyone understand his own way?

The sacrifice of a wicked person is detestable— how much more so when he brings it with ulterior motives!

I have instructed you today—even you— so that your confidence may be in the Lord .