Proverbs 12

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1 He that loveth correction, loveth knowledge: but he that hateth reproof is foolish.

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2 He that is good, shall draw grace from the Lord: but he that trusteth in his own devices doth wickedly.

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3 Men shall not be strengthened by wickedness: and the root of the just shall not be moved.

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4 A diligent woman is a crown to her husband: and she that doth things worthy of confusion, is a rottenness in his bones.

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5 The thoughts of the just are judgments: and the counsels of the wicked are deceitful.

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6 The words of the wicked lie in wait for blood: the mouth of the just shall deliver them.

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7 Turn the wicked, and they shall not be: but the house of the just shall stand firm.

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8 A man shall be known by his learning: but he that is vain and foolish, shall be exposed to contempt.

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9 Better is the poor man that provideth for himself, than he that is glorious and wanteth bread.

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10 The just regardeth the lives of his beasts: but the bowels of the wicked are cruel.

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11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that pursueth idleness is very foolish. He that is delighted in passing his time over wine, leaveth a reproach in his strong holds.

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12 The desire of the wicked is the fortification of evil men: but the root of the just shall prosper.

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13 For the sins of the lips ruin draweth nigh to the evil man: but the just shall escape out of distress.

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14 By the fruit of his own mouth shall a man be filled with good things, and according to the works of his hands it shall be repaid him.

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15 The way of a fool is right in his own eyes: but he that is wise hearkeneth unto counsels.

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16 A fool immediately sheweth his anger: but he that dissembleth injuries is wise.

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17 He that speaketh that which he knoweth, sheweth forth justice: but he that lieth, is a deceitful witness.

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18 There is that promiseth, and is pricked as it were with a sword of conscience: but the tongue of the wise is health.

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19 The lip of truth shall be steadfast for ever: but he that is a hasty witness, frameth a lying tongue.

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20 Deceit is in the heart of them that think evil things: but joy followeth them that take counsels of peace.

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21 Whatsoever shall befall the just man. it shall not make him sad: but the wicked shall be filled with mischief.

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22 Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord: but they that deal faithfully please him.

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23 A cautious man concealeth knowledge: and the heart of fools publisheth folly.

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24 The hand of the valiant shall bear rule: but that which is slothful, shall be under tribute.

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25 Grief in the heart of a man shall bring him low, but with a good word he shall be made glad.

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26 He that neglecteth a loss for the sake of a friend, is just: but the way of the wicked shall deceive them.

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27 The deceitful man shall not find gain: but the substance of a just man shall be precious gold.

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28 In the path of justice is life: but the by-way leadeth to death.

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Genesis 3

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1 Now the serpent was more subtle than any of the beasts of the earth which the Lord God had made. And he said to the woman: Why hath God commanded you, that you should not eat of every tree of paradise?

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2 And the woman answered him, saying: Of the fruit of the trees that are in paradise we do eat:

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3 But of the fruit of the tree which is in the midst of paradise, God hath commanded us that we should not eat; and that we should not touch it, lest perhaps we die.

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4 And the serpent said to the woman: No, you shall not die the death. 5 For God doth know that in what day soever you shall eat thereof, your eyes shall be opened: and you shall be as Gods, knowing good and evil.

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6 And the woman saw that the tree was good to eat, and fair to the eyes, and delightful to behold: 

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and she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave to her husband who did eat.

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7 And the eyes of them both were opened: and when they perceived themselves to be naked, they sewed together fig leaves, and made themselves aprons.

8 And when they heard the voice of the Lord God walking in paradise at the afternoon air, Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God, amidst the trees of paradise.

9 And the Lord God called Adam, and said to him: Where art thou?

10 And he said: I heard thy voice in paradise; and I was afraid, because I was naked, and I hid myself.

11 And he said to him: And who hath told thee that thou wast naked, but that thou hast eaten of the tree whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat?

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12 And Adam said: The woman, whom thou gavest me to be my companion, gave me of the tree, and I did eat.

13 And the Lord God said to the woman: Why hast thou done this? And she answered: The serpent deceived me, and I did eat.

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14 And the Lord God said to the serpent: Because thou hast done this thing, thou art cursed among all cattle, and beasts of the earth: upon thy breast shalt thou go, and earth shalt thou eat all the days of thy life.

15 I will put enmities between thee and the woman, and thy seed and her seed: she shall crush thy head, and thou shalt lie in wait for her heel.

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16 To the woman also he said: I will multiply thy sorrows, and thy conceptions: in sorrow shalt thou bring forth children, and thou shalt be under thy husband's power, and he shall have dominion over thee.

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17 And to Adam he said: Because thou hast hearkened to the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, whereof I commanded thee that thou shouldst not eat, cursed is the earth in thy work; with labour and toil shalt thou eat thereof all the days of thy life.

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18 Thorns and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herbs of the earth.

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19 In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread till thou return to the earth, out of which thou wast taken: 

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for dust thou art, and into dust thou shalt return.

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20 And Adam called the name of his wife Eve: because she was the mother of all the living.

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21 And the Lord God made for Adam and his wife, garments of skins, and clothed them.

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22 And he said: Behold Adam is become as one of us, knowing good and evil: now, therefore, lest perhaps he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.

 

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23 And the Lord God sent him out of the paradise of pleasure, to till the earth from which he was taken.

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24 And he cast out Adam; and placed before the paradise of pleasure Cherubims, and a flaming sword, turning every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

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Proverbs 5

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Date: May 18 2020

1 My son, attend to my wisdom, and incline thy ear to my prudence. 2 That thou mayst keep thoughts, and thy lips may preserve instruction. Mind not the deceit of a woman.

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3 For the lips of a harlot are like a honeycomb dropping, and her throat is smoother than oil.

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4 But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword.

5 Her feet go down into death, and her steps go in as far as hell.

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6 They walk not by the path of life, her steps are wandering, and unaccountable.

7 Now therefore, my son, hear me, and depart not from the words of my mouth.

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8 Remove thy way far from her, and come not nigh the doors of her house.

9 Give not thy honour to strangers, and thy years to the cruel.

10 Lest strangers be filled with thy strength, and thy labours be in another man's house,

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11 And thou mourn it the last, when thou shalt have spent thy flesh and thy body, and say:

12 Why have I hated instruction, and my heart consented not to reproof,

13 And have not heard the voice of them that taught me, and have not inclined my ear to masters?

14 I have almost been in all evil, in the midst of the church and of the congregation.

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15 Drink water out of thy own cistern, and the streams of thy own well:

16 Let thy fountains be conveyed abroad, and in the streets divide thy waters.

17 Keep them to thyself alone, neither let strangers be partakers with thee.

18 Let thy vein be blessed, and rejoice with the wife of thy youth:

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19 Let her be thy dearest hind, and most agreeable fawn: let her breasts inebriate thee at all times; he thou delighted continually with her love.

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20 Why art thou seduced, my son, by a strange woman, and art cherished in the bosom of another?

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21 The Lord beholdeth the ways of man, and considereth all his steps.

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22 His own iniquities catch the wicked, and he is fast bound with the ropes of his own sins.

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23 He shall die, because he hath not received instruction, and in the multitude of his folly he shall be deceived.

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