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To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things,
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She is more precious than rubies, And all the things you may desire cannot compare with her.
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These six things the Lord hates, Yes, seven are an abomination to Him:
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Listen, for I will speak of excellent things, And from the opening of my lips will come right things;
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For wisdom is better than rubies, And all the things one may desire cannot be compared with her.
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He winks his eye to devise perverse things; He purses his lips and brings about evil.
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Have I not written to you excellent things Of counsels and knowledge,
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Yes, my inmost being will rejoice When your lips speak right things.
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Your eyes will see strange things, And your heart will utter perverse things.
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Further Sayings of the Wise
These things also belong to the wise: It is not good to show partiality in judgment.
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Two things I request of You (Deprive me not before I die):
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The leech has two daughters— Give and Give! There are three things that are never satisfied, Four never say, “Enough!”:
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There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yes, four which I do not understand:
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For three things the earth is perturbed, Yes, for four it cannot bear up:
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There are four things which are little on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:
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There are three things which are majestic in pace, Yes, four which are stately in walk:
