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I in turn will laugh when disaster strikes you; I will mock when calamity overtakes you—
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turning your ear to wisdom and applying your heart to understanding—
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Get wisdom, get understanding; do not forget my words or turn away from them.
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Avoid it, do not travel on it; turn from it and go on your way.
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My son, pay attention to what I say; turn your ear to my words.
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Do not turn to the right or the left; keep your foot from evil.
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Warning Against Adultery
My son, pay attention to my wisdom, turn your ear to my words of insight,
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Now then, my sons, listen to me; do not turn aside from what I say.
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I would not obey my teachers or turn my ear to my instructors.
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Do not let your heart turn to her ways or stray into her paths.
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The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life, turning a person from the snares of death.
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A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul, but fools detest turning from evil.
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The fear of the Lord is a fountain of life, turning a person from the snares of death.
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A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
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A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it; they think success will come at every turn.
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Start children off on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it.
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Thirty Sayings of the Wise
Saying 1
Pay attention and turn your ear to the sayings of the wise; apply your heart to what I teach,
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or the Lord will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from them.
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As a door turns on its hinges, so a sluggard turns on his bed.
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If anyone turns a deaf ear to my instruction, even their prayers are detestable.
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Mockers stir up a city, but the wise turn away anger.
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A servant pampered from youth will turn out to be insolent.
