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Be not thou envious against evil men, neither desire to be with them.

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For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

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Through wisdom is an house builded and by understanding it is established:

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And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

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A wise man [is] strong yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength.

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For by wise counsel thou shalt make thy war: and in multitude of counsellors [there is] safety.

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Wisdom [is] too high for a fool: he openeth not his mouth in the gate.

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He that deviseth to do evil shall be called a mischievous person.

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The thought of foolishness [is] sin: and the scorner [is] an abomination to men.

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[If] thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength [is] small.

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If thou forbear to deliver [them that are] drawn unto death, and [those that are] ready to be slain

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If thou sayest, Behold, we knew it not doth not he that pondereth the heart consider [it]? and he that keepeth thy soul, doth [not] he know [it]? and shall [not] he render to [every] man according to his works?

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My son, eat thou honey, because [it is] good and the honeycomb, [which is] sweet to thy taste:

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So [shall] the knowledge of wisdom [be] unto thy soul: when thou hast found [it], then there shall be a reward, and thy expectation shall not be cut off.

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Lay not wait, O wicked [man], against the dwelling of the righteous spoil not his resting place:

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For a just [man] falleth seven times, and riseth up again: but the wicked shall fall into mischief.

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Rejoice not when thine enemy falleth, and let not thine heart be glad when he stumbleth:

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Lest the LORD see [it], and it displease him, and he turn away his wrath from him.

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Fret not thyself because of evil [men], neither be thou envious at the wicked

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For there shall be no reward to the evil [man] the candle of the wicked shall be put out.

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My son, fear thou the LORD and the king: [and] meddle not with them that are given to change:

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For their calamity shall rise suddenly and who knoweth the ruin of them both?

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These [things] also [belong] to the wise. [It is] not good to have respect of persons in judgment.

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He that saith unto the wicked, Thou [art] righteous him shall the people curse, nations shall abhor him:

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But to them that rebuke [him] shall be delight, and a good blessing shall come upon them.

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[Every man] shall kiss [his] lips that giveth a right answer.

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Prepare thy work without, and make it fit for thyself in the field and afterwards build thine house.

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Be not a witness against thy neighbour without cause and deceive [not] with thy lips.

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Say not, I will do so to him as he hath done to me: I will render to the man according to his work.

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I went by the field of the slothful, and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding

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And, lo, it was all grown over with thorns, [and] nettles had covered the face thereof, and the stone wall thereof was broken down.

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Then I saw, [and] considered [it] well: I looked upon [it, and] received instruction.

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[Yet] a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

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So shall thy poverty come [as] one that travelleth and thy want as an armed man.