So King Darius put the decree in writing.

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Wherefore king Darius signed the writing and the decree.

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Do not put your trust in princes,(A)
    in human beings,(B) who cannot save.

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Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help.

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It is better to take refuge in the Lord
    than to trust in princes.(A)

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It is better to trust in the Lord than to put confidence in princes.

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22 Stop trusting in mere humans,(A)
    who have but a breath(B) in their nostrils.
    Why hold them in esteem?(C)

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22 Cease ye from man, whose breath is in his nostrils: for wherein is he to be accounted of ?

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you have been trapped by what you said,
    ensnared by the words of your mouth.

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Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.

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Surely the lowborn(A) are but a breath,(B)
    the highborn are but a lie.
If weighed on a balance,(C) they are nothing;
    together they are only a breath.
10 Do not trust in extortion(D)
    or put vain hope in stolen goods;(E)
though your riches increase,
    do not set your heart on them.(F)

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Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance, they are altogether lighter than vanity.

10 Trust not in oppression, and become not vain in robbery: if riches increase, set not your heart upon them.

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