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To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
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A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
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Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
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To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
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So shalt thou find favour and good understanding in the sight of God and man.
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Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
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Strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
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Hear, O my son, and receive my sayings; and the years of thy life shall be many.
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For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and he pondereth all his goings.
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So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man.
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A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
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For by means of a whorish woman a man is brought to a piece of bread: and the adultress will hunt for the precious life.
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Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned?
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For jealousy is the rage of a man: therefore he will not spare in the day of vengeance.
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He will not regard any ransom; neither will he rest content, though thou givest many gifts.
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And beheld among the simple ones, I discerned among the youths, a young man void of understanding,
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For she hath cast down many wounded: yea, many strong men have been slain by her.
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Unto you, O men, I call; and my voice is to the sons of man.
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Blessed is the man that heareth me, watching daily at my gates, waiting at the posts of my doors.
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He that reproveth a scorner getteth to himself shame: and he that rebuketh a wicked man getteth himself a blot.
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Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee.
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Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning.
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The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
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The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
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The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
