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My son, do not walk in the way with them, Keep your foot from their path;
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So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.
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Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
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He guards the paths of justice, And preserves the way of His saints.
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To deliver you from the way of evil, From the man who speaks perverse things,
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From those who leave the paths of uprightness To walk in the ways of darkness;
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Whose ways are crooked, And who are devious in their paths;
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So you may walk in the way of goodness, And keep to the paths of righteousness.
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Then you will walk safely in your way, And your foot will not stumble.
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Do not envy the oppressor, And choose none of his ways;
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I have taught you in the way of wisdom; I have led you in right paths.
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Do not enter the path of the wicked, And do not walk in the way of evil.
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The way of the wicked is like darkness; They do not know what makes them stumble.
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Ponder the path of your feet, And let all your ways be established.
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Lest you ponder her path of life— Her ways are unstable; You do not know them.
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Remove your way far from her, And do not go near the door of her house,
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For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, And He ponders all his paths.
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The Folly of Indolence
Go to the ant, you sluggard! Consider her ways and be wise,
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For the commandment is a lamp, And the law a light; Reproofs of instruction are the way of life,
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Her house is the way to hell, Descending to the chambers of death.
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She takes her stand on the top of the high hill, Beside the way, where the paths meet.
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The fear of the Lord is to hate evil; Pride and arrogance and the evil way And the perverse mouth I hate.
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I traverse the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice,
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“The Lord possessed me at the beginning of His way, Before His works of old.
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“Now therefore, listen to me, my children, For blessed are those who keep my ways.
