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“The lover of pleasure will be a poor man: the lover of wine and oil will not get wealth. The evil-doer will be given as a price for the life of the good man, and the worker of deceit in the place of the upright. It is better to be living in a waste land, than with a bitter-tongued and angry woman. There is a store of great value in the house of the wise, but it is wasted by the foolish man. He who goes after righteousness and mercy will get life, righteousness, and honour. A wise man goes up into the town of the strong ones, and overcomes its strength in which they put their faith. He who keeps watch over his mouth and his tongue keeps his soul from troubles. The man of pride, lifted up in soul, is named high-hearted; he is acting in an outburst of pride. The desire of the hater of work is death to him, for his hands will do no work. All the day the sinner goes after his desire: but the upright man gives freely, keeping nothing back. The offering of evil-doers is disgusting: how much more when they give it with an evil purpose! A false witness will be cut off, ... The evil-doer makes his face hard, but as for the upright, he gives thought to his way. Wisdom and knowledge and wise suggestions are of no use against the Lord. The horse is made ready for the day of war, but power to overcome is from the Lord.”
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