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Prologue: Exhortations to Embrace Wisdom
Warning Against the Invitation of Sinful Men
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
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Do not plot harm against your neighbor, who lives trustfully near you.
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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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Warnings Against Folly
My son, if you have put up security for your neighbor, if you have shaken hands in pledge for a stranger,
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Warning Against Adultery
My son, keep your father’s command and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
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But a man who commits adultery has no sense; whoever does so destroys himself.
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Warning Against the Adulterous Woman
My son, keep my words and store up my commands within you.
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Evildoers foster rebellion against God; the messenger of death will be sent against them.
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An unfriendly person pursues selfish ends and against all sound judgment starts quarrels.
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A person’s own folly leads to their ruin, yet their heart rages against the Lord.
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One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.
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There is no wisdom, no insight, no plan that can succeed against the Lord.
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for their Defender is strong; he will take up their case against you.
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Do not testify against your neighbor without cause— would you use your lips to mislead?
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or the one who hears it may shame you and the charge against you will stand.
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Like a club or a sword or a sharp arrow is one who gives false testimony against a neighbor.
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a strutting rooster, a he-goat, and a king secure against revolt.
