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Her house is a highway to the grave, leading down to the chambers of death.
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My mouth speaks what is true, for my lips detest wickedness.
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for wisdom is more precious than rubies, and nothing you desire can compare with her.
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By me kings reign and rulers issue decrees that are just;
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“The Lord brought me forth as the first of his works, before his deeds of old;
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When there were no watery depths, I was given birth, when there were no springs overflowing with water;
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I was there when he set the heavens in place, when he marked out the horizon on the face of the deep,
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when he established the clouds above and fixed securely the fountains of the deep,
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Then I was constantly at his side. I was filled with delight day after day, rejoicing always in his presence,
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rejoicing in his whole world and delighting in mankind.
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But those who fail to find me harm themselves; all who hate me love death.”
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“Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!”
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But little do they know that the dead are there, that her guests are deep in the realm of the dead.
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Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value, but righteousness delivers from death.
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The wages of the righteous is life, but the earnings of the wicked are sin and death.
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A fool finds pleasure in wicked schemes, but a person of understanding delights in wisdom.
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What the wicked dread will overtake them; what the righteous desire will be granted.
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The Lord detests dishonest scales, but accurate weights find favor with him.
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The integrity of the upright guides them, but the unfaithful are destroyed by their duplicity.
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Wealth is worthless in the day of wrath, but righteousness delivers from death.
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The righteousness of the upright delivers them, but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.
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With their mouths the godless destroy their neighbors, but through knowledge the righteous escape.
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Through the blessing of the upright a city is exalted, but by the mouth of the wicked it is destroyed.
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Whoever derides their neighbor has no sense, but the one who has understanding holds their tongue.
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A wicked person earns deceptive wages, but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.
