If you are slack in the day of trouble,
Your strength is in trouble.
Deliver those who are being taken away to death,
And those who are stumbling to the slaughter, Oh hold them back.
If you say, “Behold, we did not know this,”
Does not He who weighs the hearts understand?
And does not He who guards your soul know?
And will not He render to man according to his work?

Listen to your father who begot you,
And do not despise your mother when she is old.
Buy truth, and do not sell it,
Get wisdom and discipline and understanding.
The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice,
And he who begets a wise son will be glad in him.
Let your father and your mother be glad,
And let her rejoice who gave birth to you.

and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their evil ways, then I will listen from heaven, I will forgive their sin, and I will heal their land.

The king’s heart is like channels of water in the hand of Yahweh;
He turns it wherever He pleases.
Every man’s way is right in his own eyes,
But Yahweh weighs the hearts.
To do righteousness and justice
Is chosen by Yahweh over sacrifice.
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He who pursues righteousness and lovingkindness
Finds life, righteousness, and glory.
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There is no wisdom, there is no discernment
And there is no counsel against Yahweh.

know the God of your father, and serve Him with a whole heart and a delighted soul; for Yahweh searches all hearts, and understands every intent of the thoughts. If you seek Him, He will be found; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever

He who acquires a heart of wisdom loves his own soul;
He who keeps discernment will find good.
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A man’s insight makes him slow to anger,
And it is his honor to overlook a transgression.
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Listen to counsel and receive discipline,
That you may be wise in the end of your days.
Many thoughts are in a man’s heart,
But it is the counsel of Yahweh that will stand.
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The fear of Yahweh leads to life,
So that one may sleep satisfied, not visited by evil.

To show partiality to the wicked is not good,
Nor to thrust aside the righteous in judgment.
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The name of Yahweh is a strong tower;
The righteous runs into it and is set securely on high.
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Before destruction the heart of man is haughty,
But humility goes before glory.
He who responds with a word before he hears,
It is folly and shame to him.
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He who finds a wife finds a good thing
And obtains favor from Yahweh.

The beginning of strife is like letting out water,
So abandon the dispute before it breaks out.
He who justifies the wicked and he who condemns the righteous,
Both of them alike are an abomination to Yahweh.

The plans of the heart belong to man,
But the answer of the tongue is from Yahweh.
All the ways of a man are pure in his own sight,
But Yahweh weighs the motives.
Commit your works to Yahweh
And your plans will be established.
Yahweh has made everything for its own purpose,
Even the wicked for the day of evil.
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Pride goes before destruction,
And a haughty spirit before stumbling.
It is better to be humble in spirit with the lowly
Than to divide the spoil with the proud.
He who considers the word will find good,
And how blessed is he who trusts in Yahweh.

The eyes of Yahweh are in every place,
Watching the evil and the good.
A tongue that brings healing is a tree of life,
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Better is a dish of vegetables where there is love
Than a fattened ox and hatred in it.
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A man has gladness in an apt answer,
And how good is a timely word!
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He whose ear listens to the life-giving reproof
Will lodge among the wise.
He who neglects discipline despises his soul,
But he who listens to reproof acquires a heart of wisdom.
The fear of Yahweh is the discipline leading to wisdom,
And before glory comes humility.