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Rh :For her house sinketh down unto death,
 * And her paths unto the shades;
 * None that go unto her return,
 * Neither do they attain unto the paths of life;
 * That thou mayest walk in the way of good men,
 * And keep the paths of the righteous.
 * For the upright shall dwell in the land,
 * And the whole-hearted shall remain in it.
 * But the wicked shall be cut off from the land,
 * And the faithless shall be plucked up out of it.


 * My son, forget not my teaching;
 * But let thy heart keep my commandments;
 * For length of days, and years of life,
 * And peace, will they add to thee.
 * Let not kindness and truth forsake thee;
 * Bind them about thy neck, write them upon the table of thy heart;
 * So shalt thou find grace and good favour
 * In the sight of God and man.


 * Trust in the with all thy heart,
 * And lean not upon thine own understanding.
 * In all thy ways acknowledge Him,
 * And He will direct thy paths.


 * Be not wise in thine own eyes;
 * Fear the, and depart from evil;
 * It shall be health to thy navel,
 * And marrow to thy bones.


 * Honour the with thy substance,
 * And with the first-fruits of all thine increase; So shall thy barns be filled with plenty,
 * And thy vats shall overflow with new wine.
 * My son, despise not the chastening of the ,
 * Neither spurn thou His correction;
 * For whom the loveth He correcteth,
 * Even as a father the son in whom he delighteth.


 * Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,
 * And the man that obtaineth understanding.
 * For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver,
 * And the gain thereof than fine gold.
 * She is more precious than rubies;
 * And all the things thou canst desire are not to be compared unto her.
 * Length of days is in her right hand;
 * In her left hand are riches and honour.
 * Her ways are ways of pleasantness,
 * And all her paths are peace.
 * She is a tree of life to them that lay hold upon her,
 * And happy is every one that holdest her fast.


 * The by wisdom founded the earth;
 * By understanding He established the heavens.
 * By His knowledge the depths were broken up,
 * And the skies drop down the dew.


 * My son, let not them depart from thine eyes;
 * Keep sound wisdom and discretion;
 * So shall they be life unto thy soul,
 * And grace to thy neck.