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quando sederis ut comedas cum principe diligenter adtendequae posita sunt ante faciem tuam

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et statue cultrum in gutture tuo si tamen habes inpotestate animam tuam

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ne desideres de cibis eius in quo est panis mendacii

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noli laborare ut diteris sed prudentiae tuae pone modum

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ne erigas oculos tuos ad opes quas habere non potes quiafacient sibi pinnas quasi aquilae et avolabunt in caelum

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ne comedas cum homine invido et ne desideres cibos eius

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quoniam in similitudinem arioli et coniectoris aestimatquod ignorat comede et bibe dicet tibi et mens eius non esttecum

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cibos quos comederas evomes et perdes pulchros sermonestuos

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in auribus insipientium ne loquaris quia despicientdoctrinam eloquii tui

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ne adtingas terminos parvulorum et agrum pupillorum neintroeas

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propinquus enim eorum Fortis est et ipse iudicabit contrate causam illorum

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ingrediatur ad doctrinam cor tuum et aures tuae ad verbascientiae

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noli subtrahere a puero disciplinam si enim percusseriseum virga non morietur

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tu virga percuties eum et animam eius de inferno liberabis

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fili mi si sapiens fuerit animus tuus gaudebit tecum cormeum

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et exultabunt renes mei cum locuta fuerint rectum labiatua

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non aemuletur cor tuum peccatores sed in timore Dominiesto tota die

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quia habebis spem in novissimo et praestolatio tua nonauferetur

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audi fili mi et esto sapiens et dirige in via animum tuum

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noli esse in conviviis potatorum nec in comesationibuseorum qui carnes ad vescendum conferunt

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quia vacantes potibus et dantes symbola consumentur etvestietur pannis dormitatio

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audi patrem tuum qui genuit te et ne contemnas cumsenuerit mater tua

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veritatem eme et noli vendere sapientiam et doctrinam etintellegentiam

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exultat gaudio pater iusti qui sapientem genuit laetabiturin eo

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gaudeat pater tuus et mater tua et exultet quae genuit te

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praebe fili mi cor tuum mihi et oculi tui vias meascustodiant

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fovea enim profunda est meretrix et puteus angustus aliena

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insidiatur in via quasi latro et quos incautos videritinterficit

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cui vae cuius patri vae cui rixae cui foveae cui sinecausa vulnera cui suffusio oculorum

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nonne his qui morantur in vino et student calicibusepotandis

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ne intuearis vinum quando flavescit cum splenduerit invitro color eius ingreditur blande

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sed in novissimo mordebit ut coluber et sicut regulusvenena diffundet

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oculi tui videbunt extraneas et cor tuum loquetur perversa

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et eris sicut dormiens in medio mari et quasi sopitusgubernator amisso clavo

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et dices verberaverunt me sed non dolui traxerunt me etego non sensi quando evigilabo et rursum vina repperiam

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023:001
When thou sittest to eat with a ruler, consider diligently what is before thee:

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And put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.

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Be not desirous of his dainties: for they are deceitful meat.

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Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

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Wilt thou set thine eyes upon that which is not? for riches certainly make themselves wings; they fly away as an eagle toward heaven.

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Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats:

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For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he: Eat and drink, saith he to thee; but his heart is not with thee.

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The morsel which thou hast eaten shalt thou vomit up, and lose thy sweet words.

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Speak not in the ears of a fool: for he will despise the wisdom of thy words.

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Remove not the old landmark; and enter not into the fields of the fatherless:

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For their redeemer is mighty; he shall plead their cause with thee.

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Apply thine heart unto instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge.

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Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die.

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Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.

023:015
My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine.

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Yea, my reins shall rejoice, when thy lips speak right things.

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Let not thine heart envy sinners: but be thou in the fear of the LORD all the day long.

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For surely there is an end; and thine expectation shall not be cut off.

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Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way.

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Be not among winebibbers; among riotous eaters of flesh:

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For the drunkard and the glutton shall come to poverty: and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.

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Hearken unto thy father that begat thee, and despise not thy mother when she is old.

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Buy the truth, and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding.

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The father of the righteous shall greatly rejoice: and he that begetteth a wise child shall have joy of him.

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Thy father and thy mother shall be glad, and she that bare thee shall rejoice.

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My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

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For a whore is a deep ditch; and a strange woman is a narrow pit.

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She also lieth in wait as for a prey, and increaseth the transgressors among men.

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Who hath woe? who hath sorrow? who hath contentions? who hath babbling? who hath wounds without cause? who hath redness of eyes?

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They that tarry long at the wine; they that go to seek mixed wine.

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Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright.

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At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.

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Thine eyes shall behold strange women, and thine heart shall utter perverse things.

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Yea, thou shalt be as he that lieth down in the midst of the sea, or as he that lieth upon the top of a mast.

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They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

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