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6 Many men are called merciful: but who shall way?
find a faithful man? 25 It is ruin to a man to devour holy ones, and
7 The just that walketh in his simplicity, shall after vows to retract.
leave behind him blessed children. 26 A wise king scattereth the wicked, and
8 The king, that sitteth on the throne of judg- bringeth over them the wheel.
ment, scattereth away all evil with his look. 27 The spirit of a man is the lamp of the Lord,
9 Who can say: My heart is clean, I am pure which searcheth all the hidden things of the bow-
from sin? els.
10 Diverse weights and diverse measures, both 28 Mercy and truth preserve the king, and his
are abominable before God. throne is strengthened by clemency.
11 By his inclinations a child is known, if his 29 The joy of young men is their strength: and
works be clean and right. the dignity of old men, their grey hairs.
12 The hearing ear, and the seeing eye, the 30 The blueness of a wound shall wipe away
Lord hath made them both. evils: and stripes in the more inward parts of the
13 Love not sleep, lest poverty oppress thee: belly.
open thy eyes, and be filled with bread.
14 It is naught, it is naught, saith every buyer:
and when he is gone away, then he will boast. Chapter 21
15 There is gold and a multitude of jewels:
but the lips of knowledge are a precious vessel. As the divisions of waters, so the heart of the
16 Take away the garment of him that is king is in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever
surety for a stranger, and take a pledge from he will, he shall turn it.
him for strangers. 2 Every way of a man seemeth right to himself:
17 The bread of lying is sweet to a man: but but the Lord weigheth the hearts.
afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel. 3 To do mercy and judgment, pleaseth the
18 Designs are strengthened by counsels: and Lord more than victims.
wars are to be managed by governments. 4 Haughtiness of the eyes is the enlarging of
19 Meddle not with him that revealeth secrets, the heart: the lamp of the wicked is sin.
and walketh deceitfully, and openeth wide his 5 The thoughts of the industrious always bring
lips. forth abundance: but every sluggard is always in
20 He that curseth his father, and mother, his want.
lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness. 6 He that gathereth treasures by a lying
21 The inheritance gotten hastily in the be- tongue, is vain and foolish, and shall stumble
ginning, in the end shall be without a blessing. upon the snares of death.
22 Say not: I will return evil: wait for the 7 The robberies of the wicked shall be their
Lord, and he will deliver thee. downfall, because they would not do judgment.
23 Diverse weights are an abomination before 8 The perverse way of a man is strange: but
the Lord: a deceitful balance is not good. as for him that is pure, his work is right.
24 The steps of men are guided by the Lord: 9 It is better to sit in a corner of the housetop,
but who is the man that can understand his own than with a brawling woman, and in a common