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for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity.
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Then you will win favor and a good name in the sight of God and man.
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Listen, my son, accept what I say, and the years of your life will be many.
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Why, my son, be intoxicated with another man’s wife? Why embrace the bosom of a wayward woman?
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and poverty will come on you like a thief and scarcity like an armed man.
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haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood,
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For a prostitute can be had for a loaf of bread, but another man’s wife preys on your very life.
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Can a man scoop fire into his lap without his clothes being burned?
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Can a man walk on hot coals without his feet being scorched?
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So is he who sleeps with another man’s wife; no one who touches her will go unpunished.
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But a man who commits adultery has no sense; whoever does so destroys himself.
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Many are the victims she has brought down; her slain are a mighty throng.
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“To you, O people, I call out; I raise my voice to all mankind.
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rejoicing in his whole world and delighting in mankind.
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For through wisdom your days will be many, and years will be added to your life.
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Whoever conceals hatred with lying lips and spreads slander is a fool.
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The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of sense.
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For lack of guidance a nation falls, but victory is won through many advisers.
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Truthful lips endure forever, but a lying tongue lasts only a moment.
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The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.
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Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but from the strength of an ox come abundant harvests.
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The poor are shunned even by their neighbors, but the rich have many friends.
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A wise son brings joy to his father, but a foolish man despises his mother.
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Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.
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Eloquent lips are unsuited to a godless fool— how much worse lying lips to a ruler!
