Song for today: Near the Cross

Today’s country: Bulgaria

Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life;
he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
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By insolence comes nothing but strife,
but with those who take advice is wisdom.
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Wealth gained hastily will dwindle,
but whoever gathers little by little will increase it.
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Whoever despises the word brings destruction on himself,
but he who reveres the commandment will be rewarded.
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The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,
that one may turn away from the snares of death.
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A desire fulfilled is sweet to the soul,
but to turn away from evil is an abomination to fools.
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Whoever walks with the wise becomes wise,
but the companion of fools will suffer harm.
from Prov 13

The sons of Judah: Perez, Hezron, Carmi, Hur, and Shobal.
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Jabez was more honorable than his brothers; and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, “Because I bore him in pain.” Jabez called upon the God of Israel, saying, “Oh that you would bless me and enlarge my border, and that your hand might be with me, and that you would keep me from harm so that it might not bring me pain!” And God granted what he asked.
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The sons of Simeon: Nemuel, Jamin, Jarib, Zerah, Shaul;
from 1Chr 4

the sons of Reuben, the firstborn of Israel: Hanoch, Pallu, Hezron, and Carmi.
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The sons of Gad lived over against them in the land of Bashan as far as Salecah: Joel the chief, Shapham the second, Janai, and Shaphat in Bashan.
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The members of the half-tribe of Manasseh lived in the land.
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they broke faith with the God of their fathers, and whored after the gods of the peoples of the land, whom God had destroyed before them. So the God of Israel stirred up the spirit of Pul king of Assyria, the spirit of Tiglath-pileser king of Assyria, and he took them into exile, namely, the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh,
from 1Chr 5

The sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
from 1Chr 6