Proverbs 6:27-35

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Can a man ¹take fire in his bosom

And his clothes not be burned?

Or can a man walk on hot coals

And his feet not be scorched?

So is the one who ^agoes in to his neighbor’s wife;

Whoever touches her ^bwill not ¹go unpunished.

¹Men do not despise a thief if he steals

To ^afill ²himself when he is hungry;

But when he is found, he must ^arepay sevenfold;

He must give all the ¹substance of his house.

The one who commits adultery with a woman is ^alacking a heart of wisdom;

He who would ^bdestroy his soul does it.

Wounds and disgrace he will find,

And his reproach will not be blotted out.

For ^ajealousy ¹enrages a man,

And he will not spare in the ^bday of vengeance.

He will not ¹accept any ransom,

He will not be willing though you give many bribes.

Proverbs 8:6-23

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Listen, for I will speak ^anoble things;

And the opening of my lips will reveal ^bupright things.

For my ^amouth will utter truth;

And wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

All the words of my mouth are in righteousness;

There is nothing ^atwisted or crooked in them.

They are all ^astraightforward to him who understands,

And right to those who ^bfind knowledge.

Take my ^adiscipline and not silver,

And knowledge rather than choicest fine gold.

For wisdom is ^abetter than pearls;

And ^ball desirable things cannot compare with her.

“I, wisdom, ^adwell with prudence,

And I find ^bknowledge and discretion.

The ^afear of Yahweh is to hate evil;

^bPride and arrogance and ^cthe evil way

And the mouth of ¹^dperverted words, I hate.

^aCounsel is mine and ^bsound wisdom;

I am understanding, ^cmight is mine.

By me ^akings reign,

And rulers mark out righteousness.

By me princes rule, and nobles,

All who judge rightly.

I ^alove those who love me;

And ^bthose who earnestly seek me will find me.

^aRiches and glory are with me,

Enduring ^bwealth and righteousness.

My fruit is ^abetter than fine gold, even pure gold,

And my produce better than ^bchoice silver.

I walk in the path of righteousness,

In the midst of the pathways of justice,

To give those who love me an inheritance of wealth,

That I may ^afill their treasuries.

“Yahweh possessed me ^aat the beginning of His way,

Before His deeds ¹of old.

From everlasting I was ¹^ainstalled,

From the beginning, ^bfrom the earliest times of the earth.

Proverbs 8:26

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While He had not yet made the earth and the fields outside,

Nor the first dust of the world.

Proverbs 8:27

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When He ^aestablished the heavens, I was there,

When ^bHe marked out a circle on the face of the deep,