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The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;
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These are the wise sayings of Solomon, David's son, Israel's king--
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The proverbs of Solomon son of David, king of Israel:
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The proverbs of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel:
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These are the proverbs of Solomon, David's son, king of Israel.
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To know wisdom and instruction; to perceive the words of understanding;
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Written down so we'll know how to live well and right, to understand what life means and where it's going;
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for attaining wisdom and discipline; for understanding words of insight;
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To know wisdom and instruction, To perceive the words of understanding,
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The purpose of these proverbs is to teach people wisdom and discipline, and to help them understand wise sayings.
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To receive the instruction of wisdom, justice, and judgment, and equity;
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A manual for living, for learning what's right and just and fair;
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for acquiring a disciplined and prudent life, doing what is right and just and fair;
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To receive the instruction of wisdom, Justice, judgment, and equity;
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Through these proverbs, people will receive instruction in discipline, good conduct, and doing what is right, just, and fair.
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To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
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To teach the inexperienced the ropes and give our young people a grasp on reality.
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for giving prudence to the simple, knowledge and discretion to the young-
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To give prudence to the simple, To the young man knowledge and discretion--
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These proverbs will make the simpleminded clever. They will give knowledge and purpose to young people.
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A wise man will hear, and will increase learning; and a man of understanding shall attain unto wise counsels:
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There's something here also for seasoned men and women,
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let the wise listen and add to their learning, and let the discerning get guidance-
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A wise man will hear and increase learning, And a man of understanding will attain wise counsel,
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Let those who are wise listen to these proverbs and become even wiser. And let those who understand receive guidance
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To understand a proverb, and the interpretation; the words of the wise, and their dark sayings.
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still a thing or two for the experienced to learn--Fresh wisdom to probe and penetrate, the rhymes and reasons of wise men and women.
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for understanding proverbs and parables, the sayings and riddles of the wise.
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To understand a proverb and an enigma, The words of the wise and their riddles.
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by exploring the depth of meaning in these proverbs, parables, wise sayings, and riddles.
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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Start with GOD-the first step in learning is bowing down to GOD; only fools thumb their noses at such wisdom and learning.
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, but fools despise wisdom and discipline.
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The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge, But fools despise wisdom and instruction.
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Fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge. Only fools despise wisdom and discipline.
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My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother:
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Pay close attention, friend, to what your father tells you; never forget what you learned at your mother's knee.
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Listen, my son, to your father's instruction and do not forsake your mother's teaching.
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My son, hear the instruction of your father, And do not forsake the law of your mother;
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Listen, my child, to what your father teaches you. Don't neglect your mother's teaching.
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For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck.
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Wear their counsel like flowers in your hair, like rings on your fingers.
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They will be a garland to grace your head and a chain to adorn your neck.
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For they will be a graceful ornament on your head, And chains about your neck.
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What you learn from them will crown you with grace and clothe you with honor.
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My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not.
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Dear friend, if bad companions tempt you, don't go along with them.
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My son, if sinners entice you, do not give in to them.
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My son, if sinners entice you, Do not consent.
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My child, if sinners entice you, turn your back on them!
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If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause:
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If they say--"Let's go out and raise some hell. Let's beat up some old man, mug some old woman.
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If they say, "Come along with us; let's lie in wait for someone's blood, let's waylay some harmless soul;
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If they say, "Come with us, Let us lie in wait to shed blood; Let us lurk secretly for the innocent without cause;
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They may say, "Come and join us. Let's hide and kill someone! Let's ambush the innocent!
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Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:
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Let's pick them clean and get them ready for their funerals.
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let's swallow them alive, like the grave, and whole, like those who go down to the pit;
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Let us swallow them alive like Sheol, And whole, like those who go down to the Pit;
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Let's swallow them alive as the grave swallows its victims. Though they are in the prime of life, they will go down into the pit of death.
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We shall find all precious substance, we shall fill our houses with spoil:
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We'll load up on top-quality loot. We'll haul it home by the truckload.
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we will get all sorts of valuable things and fill our houses with plunder;
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We shall find all kinds of precious possessions, We shall fill our houses with spoil;
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And the loot we'll get! We'll fill our houses with all kinds of things!
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Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:
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Join us for the time of your life! With us, it's share and share alike!"-
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throw in your lot with us, and we will share a common purse"-
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Cast in your lot among us, Let us all have one purse"--
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Come on, throw in your lot with us; we'll split our loot with you."
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My son, walk not thou in the way with them; refrain thy foot from their path:
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Oh, friend, don't give them a second look; don't listen to them for a minute.
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my son, do not go along with them, do not set foot on their paths;
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My son, do not walk in the way with them, Keep your foot from their path;
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Don't go along with them, my child! Stay far away from their paths.
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For their feet run to evil, and make haste to shed blood.
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They're racing to a very bad end, hurrying to ruin everything they lay hands on.
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for their feet rush into sin, they are swift to shed blood.
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For their feet run to evil, And they make haste to shed blood.
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They rush to commit crimes. They hurry to commit murder.
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Surely in vain the net is spread in the sight of any bird.
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Nobody robs a bank with everyone watching,
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How useless to spread a net in full view of all the birds!
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Surely, in vain the net is spread In the sight of any bird;
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When a bird sees a trap being set, it stays away.
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And they lay wait for their own blood; they lurk privily for their own lives.
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Yet that's what these people are doing--they're doing themselves in.
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These men lie in wait for their own blood; they waylay only themselves!
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But they lie in wait for their own blood, They lurk secretly for their own lives.
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But not these people! They set an ambush for themselves; they booby-trap their own lives!
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So are the ways of every one that is greedy of gain; which taketh away the life of the owners thereof.
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When you grab all you can get, that's what happens: the more you get, the less you are.
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Such is the end of all who go after ill-gotten gain; it takes away the lives of those who get it.
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So are the ways of everyone who is greedy for gain; It takes away the life of its owners.
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Such is the fate of all who are greedy for gain. It ends up robbing them of life.
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Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:
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Lady Wisdom goes out in the street and shouts. At the town center she makes her speech.
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Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares;
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Wisdom calls aloud outside; She raises her voice in the open squares.
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Wisdom shouts in the streets. She cries out in the public square.
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She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying,
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In the middle of the traffic she takes her stand. At the busiest corner she calls out:
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at the head of the noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:
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She cries out in the chief concourses, At the openings of the gates in the city She speaks her words:
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She calls out to the crowds along the main street, and to those in front of city hall.
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How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?
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"Simpletons! How long will you wallow in ignorance? Cynics! How long will you feed your cynicism? Idiots! How long will you refuse to learn?
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"How long will you simple ones love your simple ways? How long will mockers delight in mockery and fools hate knowledge?
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"How long, you simple ones, will you love simplicity? For scorners delight in their scorning, And fools hate knowledge.
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"You simpletons!" she cries. "How long will you go on being simpleminded? How long will you mockers relish your mocking? How long will you fools fight the facts?
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Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.
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About face! I can revise your life. Look, I'm ready to pour out my spirit on you; I'm ready to tell you all I know.
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If you had responded to my rebuke, I would have poured out my heart to you and made my thoughts known to you.
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Turn at my rebuke; Surely I will pour out my spirit on you; I will make my words known to you.
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Come here and listen to me! I'll pour out the spirit of wisdom upon you and make you wise.
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Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
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As it is, I've called, but you've turned a deaf ear; I've reached out to you, but you've ignored me.
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But since you rejected me when I called and no one gave heed when I stretched out my hand,
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Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded,
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"I called you so often, but you didn't come. I reached out to you, but you paid no attention.
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But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:
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"Since you laugh at my counsel and make a joke of my advice,
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since you ignored all my advice and would not accept my rebuke,
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Because you disdained all my counsel, And would have none of my rebuke,
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You ignored my advice and rejected the correction I offered.
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I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;
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How can I take you seriously? I'll turn the tables and joke about your troubles!
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I in turn will laugh at your disaster; I will mock when calamity overtakes you-
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I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your terror comes,
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So I will laugh when you are in trouble! I will mock you when disaster overtakes you--
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When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.
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What if the roof falls in, and your whole life goes to pieces? What if catastrophe strikes and there's nothing to show for your life but rubble and ashes?
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when calamity overtakes you like a storm, when disaster sweeps over you like a whirlwind, when distress and trouble overwhelm you.
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When your terror comes like a storm, And your destruction comes like a whirlwind, When distress and anguish come upon you.
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when calamity overcomes you like a storm, when you are engulfed by trouble, and when anguish and distress overwhelm you.
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Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me:
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You'll need me then. You'll call for me, but don't expect an answer. No matter how hard you look, you won't find me.
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"Then they will call to me but I will not answer; they will look for me but will not find me.
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"Then they will call on me, but I will not answer; They will seek me diligently, but they will not find me.
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"I will not answer when they cry for help. Even though they anxiously search for me, they will not find me.
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For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
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"Because you hated Knowledge and had nothing to do with the Fear-of-GOD,
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Since they hated knowledge and did not choose to fear the LORD,
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Because they hated knowledge And did not choose the fear of the LORD,
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For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.
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They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
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Because you wouldn't take my advice and brushed aside all my offers to train you,
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since they would not accept my advice and spurned my rebuke,
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They would have none of my counsel And despised my every rebuke.
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They rejected my advice and paid no attention when I corrected them.
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Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
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Well, you've made your bed--now lie in it; you wanted your own way--now, how do you like it?
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they will eat the fruit of their ways and be filled with the fruit of their schemes.
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Therefore they shall eat the fruit of their own way, And be filled to the full with their own fancies.
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That is why they must eat the bitter fruit of living their own way. They must experience the full terror of the path they have chosen.
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For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
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Don't you see what happens, you simpletons, you idiots? Carelessness kills; complacency is murder.
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For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
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For the turning away of the simple will slay them, And the complacency of fools will destroy them;
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For they are simpletons who turn away from me--to death. They are fools, and their own complacency will destroy them.
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But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.
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First pay attention to me, and then relax. Now you can take it easy--you're in good hands."
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but whoever listens to me will live in safety and be at ease, without fear of harm."
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But whoever listens to me will dwell safely, And will be secure, without fear of evil."
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But all who listen to me will live in peace and safety, unafraid of harm."
