New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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1 Do not rely upon your money
and say, ‘I am independent.’
2 Do not yield to every impulse you can gratify
or follow the desires of your heart.
3 Do not say, ‘I am my own master’;
you may be sure the Lord will call you to account.
4 Do not say, ‘I sinned, yet nothing happened to me’;
it is only that the Lord is very patient.
5 Do not be so confident of pardon
that you sin again and again.
6 Do not say, ‘His mercy is so great,
he will pardon my sins, however many.’
To him belong both mercy and wrath,
and sinners feel the weight of his retribution.
7 Come back to the Lord without delay;
do not put it off from one day to the next,
or suddenly the Lord's wrath will be upon you,
and you will perish at the time of reckoning.
8 Do not rely upon ill-gotten gains,
for they will not avail in time of calamity.
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The ways of wisdom
9 Do not winnow in every wind
or walk along every path. note
10 Stand firmly by what you know
and be consistent in what you say.
11 Be quick to listen,
but take time over your answer.
12 Answer a man if you know what to say,
but if not, hold your tongue.
13 Honour or shame can come through speaking,
and a man's tongue may be his downfall.
14 Do not get a name for being a gossip
or lay traps with your tongue;
for as there is shame in store for the thief,
so there is harsh censure for duplicity.
15 Avoid the little faults as well as the great.
New English [1970], THE NEW ENGLISH BIBLE (OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS; CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS, CAMBRIDGE) [word count] [B16000].
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