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Blessed is the man that hath not slipped with his mouth and is not pricked with the multitude of sins
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Blessed is he whose conscience hath not condemned him and who is not fallen from his hope in the Lord
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Riches are not comely for a niggard and what should an envious man do with money
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He that gathereth by defrauding his own soul gathereth for others that shall spend his goods riotously
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He that is evil to himself to whom will he be good he shall not take pleasure in his goods
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There is none worse than he that envieth himself and this is a recompence of his wickedness
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And if he doeth good he doeth it unwillingly and at the last he will declare his wickedness
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The envious man hath a wicked eye he turneth away his face and despiseth men
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A covet s man’s eye is not satisfied with his portion and the iniquity of the wicked drieth up his soul
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A wicked eye envieth his bread and he is a niggard at his table
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My son according to thy ability do good to thyself and give the Lord his due offering
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Remember that death will not be long in coming and that the covenant of the grave is not shewed unto thee
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Do good unto thy friend before thou die and according to thy ability stretch out thy hand and give to him
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Defraud not thyself of the good day and let not the part of a good desire overpass thee
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Shalt thou not leave thy travails unto another and thy labours to be divided by lot
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Give and take and sanctify thy soul for there is no seeking of dainties in the grave
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All flesh waxeth old as a garment for the covenant from the beginning is Thou shalt die the death
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As of the green leaves on a thick tree some fall and some grow so is the generation of flesh and blood one cometh to an end and another is born
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Every work rotteth and consumeth away and the worker thereof shall go withal
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Blessed is the man that doth meditate good things in wisdom and that reasoneth of holy things by his understanding
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He that considereth her ways in his heart shall also have understanding in her secrets
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Go after her as one that traceth and lie in wait in her ways
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He that prieth in at her windows shall also hearken at her doors
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He that doth lodge near her house shall also fasten a pin in her walls
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He shall pitch his tent nigh unto her and shall lodge in a lodging where good things are
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He shall set his children under her shelter and shall lodge under her branches
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By her he shall be covered from heat and in her glory shall he dwell