"The prudent man looketh well to his going."

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"A soft answer turneth away wrath."

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"He maketh the deep to boil like a pot."

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"Hard as a piece of the nether millstone."

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"The memory of the just is blessed."

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"He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more."

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"The way of transgressors is hard."

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"A lamp unto my feet and a light unto my path."

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"He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast."

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"The sorrows of death compassed me."

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"The Lord reigneth; let the earth rejoice."

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"The path of the just is as the shining light, that shineth more and more unto the perfect day."

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"Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the street."

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"They go from strength to strength."

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"The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God."

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"The talk of the lips tendeth only to penury."

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"They are like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ear; which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely."

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"Vain is the help of man."

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"His enemies shall lick the dust."

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"As a jewel of gold in a swine's snout, so is a fair woman which is without discretion."

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"Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion?"

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"Great men are not always wise."

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"As he thinketh in his heart, so is he."

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"Lord, make me to know mine end, and the measure of my days, what it is; that I may know how frail I am."

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"So shall thy poverty come as one that travelleth, and thy want as an armed man."

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"He that is surety for a stranger shall smart for it."

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"I will say of the Lord, He is my refuge and my fortress: my God; in him will I trust."

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"He that repeateth a matter separateth very friends."

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"The house appointed for all living."

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"He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not."

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"A man that hath friends must show himself friendly; and there is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother."

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"The destruction of the poor is their poverty."

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"We hanged our harps upon the willows."

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"The cattle upon a thousand hills."

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"Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour."

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"Thy people shall be willing in the day of thy power, in the beauties of holiness from the womb of the morning: thou hast the dew of thy youth."

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"The eyes of a fool are in the ends of the earth."

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"The borrower is servant to the lender."

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"Seeing the root of the matter is found in me."

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"If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning."

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"Whoso findeth a wife findeth a good thing."

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"He heapeth up riches, and knoweth not who shall gather them."

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"Death in the pot."

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"Oh that I had wings like a dove!"

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"He that spareth his rod hateth his son."

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"The sun shall not smite thee by day, nor the moon by night."

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"I said in my haste, All men are liars."

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"Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; nor for . . . the destruction that wasteth at noonday."

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"A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches."

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"The words of his mouth were smoother than butter, but war was in his heart."

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