"There ariseth a little cloud out of the sea, like a man's hand."

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"It is better to dwell in a corner of the housetop than with a brawling woman in a wide house."

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"The days of our years are threescore years and ten; and if by reason of strength they be fourscore years, yet is their strength labour and sorrow; for it is soon cut off, and we fly away."

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"A still, small voice."

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"He taketh the wise in their own craftiness."

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"Fair weather cometh out of the north."

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"The price of wisdom is above rubies."

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"Righteousness exalteth a nation."

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"Remove not the ancient landmark."

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"Train up a child in the way he should go; and when he is old he will not depart from it."

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"The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord."

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"From the strife of tongues."

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"A wounded spirit who can bear?"

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"Man goeth forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening."

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"Surely men of low degree are vanity, and men of high degree are a lie: to be laid in the balance they are altogether lighter than vanity."

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"A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it."

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"Though wickedness be sweet in his mouth, though he hide it under his tongue."

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"Wisdom is better than rubies."

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"Wisdom shall die with you."

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"Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed."

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"I was eyes to the blind, and feet was I to the lame."

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"Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging."

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"Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints."

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"Fools make a mock at sin."

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"Clearer than the noonday."

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"Even a fool, when he holdeth his peace, is counted wise."

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"The hoary head is a crown of glory."

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"Deep calleth unto deep."

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"The lot is cast into the lap; but the whole disposing thereof is of the Lord."

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"A wise son maketh a glad father."

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"The king of terrors."

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"Satan came also."

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"Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men."

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"He rode upon a cherub, and did fly: yea, he did fly upon the wings of the wind."

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"Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge."

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"Stolen waters are sweet, and bread eaten in secret is pleasant."

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"Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off."

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"The righteous hath hope in his death."

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"The heart knoweth his own bitterness; and a stranger doth not intermeddle with his joy."

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"Thy children like olive plants round about thy table."

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"Wine that maketh glad the heart of man."

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"He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass."

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"His leaf also shall not wither."

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"Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags."

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"Peace be within thy walls, and prosperity within thy palaces."

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"A thousand years in thy sight are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night."

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"A day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a door-keeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness."

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"As an ox goeth to the slaughter."

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"Man being in honour abideth not; he is like the beasts that perish."

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"Keep thy tongue from evil, and thy lips from speaking guile."

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