13 Blessed are those who find wisdom,
    those who gain understanding,
14 for she is more profitable than silver
    and yields better returns than gold.(A)

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13 Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.

14 For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold.

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16 Long life is in her right hand;(A)
    in her left hand are riches and honor.(B)
17 Her ways are pleasant ways,
    and all her paths are peace.(C)
18 She is a tree of life(D) to those who take hold of her;
    those who hold her fast will be blessed.(E)

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16 Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.

17 Her ways are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.

18 She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her: and happy is every one that retaineth her.

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23 For this command is a lamp,
    this teaching is a light,(A)
and correction and instruction
    are the way to life,(B)

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

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12 “I, wisdom, dwell together with prudence;
    I possess knowledge and discretion.(A)
13 To fear the Lord(B) is to hate evil;(C)
    I hate(D) pride and arrogance,
    evil behavior and perverse speech.

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12 I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.

13 The fear of the Lord is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.

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35 For those who find me(A) find life(B)
    and receive favor from the Lord.(C)

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35 For whoso findeth me findeth life, and shall obtain favour of the Lord.

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27 The fear of the Lord adds length to life,(A)
    but the years of the wicked are cut short.(B)

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27 The fear of the Lord prolongeth days: but the years of the wicked shall be shortened.

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19 Truly the righteous attain life,(A)
    but whoever pursues evil finds death.(B)

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19 As righteousness tendeth to life: so he that pursueth evil pursueth it to his own death.

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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,(A)
    and the one who is wise saves lives.

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30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life; and he that winneth souls is wise.

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28 In the way of righteousness there is life;(A)
    along that path is immortality.

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28 In the way of righteousness is life: and in the pathway thereof there is no death.

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14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,(A)
    turning a person from the snares of death.(B)

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14 The law of the wise is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

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27 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life,(A)
    turning a person from the snares of death.(B)

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27 The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, to depart from the snares of death.

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The soothing tongue(A) is a tree of life,(B)
    but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.(C)

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A wholesome tongue is a tree of life: but perverseness therein is a breach in the spirit.

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24 The path of life leads upward for the prudent
    to keep them from going down to the realm of the dead.

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24 The way of life is above to the wise, that he may depart from hell beneath.

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