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The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, even the prophecy: the man spake unto Ithiel, even unto Ithiel and Ucal,
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The skeptic swore, "There is no God! No God!-I can do anything I want!
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The sayings of Agur son of Jakeh-an oracle: This man declared to Ithiel, to Ithiel and to Ucal:
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The words of Agur the son of Jakeh, his utterance. This man declared to Ithiel--to Ithiel and Ucal:
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The message of Agur son of Jakeh. An oracle. I am weary, O God; I am weary and worn out, O God.
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Surely I am more brutish than any man, and have not the understanding of a man.
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I'm more animal than human; so-called human intelligence escapes me.
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"I am the most ignorant of men; I do not have a man's understanding.
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Surely I am more stupid than any man, And do not have the understanding of a man.
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I am too ignorant to be human, and I lack common sense.
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I neither learned wisdom, nor have the knowledge of the holy.
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"I flunked "wisdom.' I see no evidence of a holy God.
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I have not learned wisdom, nor have I knowledge of the Holy One.
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I neither learned wisdom Nor have knowledge of the Holy One.
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I have not mastered human wisdom, nor do I know the Holy One.
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Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and what is his son's name, if thou canst tell?
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Has anyone ever seen Anyone climb into Heaven and take charge? grab the winds and control them? gather the rains in his bucket? stake out the ends of the earth? Just tell me his name, tell me the names of his sons. Come on now--tell me!"
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Who has gone up to heaven and come down? Who has gathered up the wind in the hollow of his hands? Who has wrapped up the waters in his cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is his name, and the name of his son? Tell me if you know!
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Who has ascended into heaven, or descended? Who has gathered the wind in His fists? Who has bound the waters in a garment? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is His Son's name, If you know?
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Who but God goes up to heaven and comes back down? Who holds the wind in his fists? Who wraps up the oceans in his cloak? Who has created the whole wide world? What is his name--and his son's name? Tell me if you know!
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Every word of God is pure: he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him.
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The believer replied, "Every promise of God proves true; he protects everyone who runs to him for help.
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"Every word of God is flawless; he is a shield to those who take refuge in him.
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Every word of God is pure; He is a shield to those who put their trust in Him.
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Every word of God proves true. He defends all who come to him for protection.
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Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
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So don't second-guess him; he might take you to task and show up your lies."
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Do not add to his words, or he will rebuke you and prove you a liar.
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Do not add to His words, Lest He rebuke you, and you be found a liar.
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Do not add to his words, or he may rebuke you, and you will be found a liar.
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Two things have I required of thee; deny me them not before I die:
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And then he prayed, "God, I'm asking for two things before I die; don't refuse me--
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"Two things I ask of you, O LORD; do not refuse me before I die:
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Two things I request of You (Deprive me not before I die):
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O God, I beg two favors from you before I die.
Prov.30.8
Remove far from me vanity and lies: give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me:
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Banish lies from my lips and liars from my presence. Give me enough food to live on, neither too much nor too little.
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Keep falsehood and lies far from me; give me neither poverty nor riches, but give me only my daily bread.
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Remove falsehood and lies far from me; Give me neither poverty nor riches-- Feed me with the food allotted to me;
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First, help me never to tell a lie. Second, give me neither poverty nor riches! Give me just enough to satisfy my needs.
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Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, Who is the LORD? or lest I be poor, and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.
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If I'm too full, I might get independent, saying, "God? Who needs him?' If I'm poor, I might steal and dishonor the name of my God." [JC]
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Otherwise, I may have too much and disown you and say, 'Who is the LORD?' Or I may become poor and steal, and so dishonor the name of my God.
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Lest I be full and deny You, And say, "Who is the LORD?" Or lest I be poor and steal, And profane the name of my God.
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For if I grow rich, I may deny you and say, "Who is the LORD?" And if I am too poor, I may steal and thus insult God's holy name.
Prov.30.10
Accuse not a servant unto his master, lest he curse thee, and thou be found guilty.
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Don't blow the whistle on your fellow workers behind their backs; They'll accuse you of being underhanded, and then you'll be the guilty one!
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"Do not slander a servant to his master, or he will curse you, and you will pay for it.
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Do not malign a servant to his master, Lest he curse you, and you be found guilty.
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Never slander a person to his employer. If you do, the person will curse you, and you will pay for it.
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There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
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Don't curse your father or fail to bless your mother.
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"There are those who curse their fathers and do not bless their mothers;
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There is a generation that curses its father, And does not bless its mother.
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Some people curse their father and do not thank their mother.
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There is a generation that are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
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Don't imagine yourself to be quite presentable when you haven't had a bath in weeks.
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those who are pure in their own eyes and yet are not cleansed of their filth;
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There is a generation that is pure in its own eyes, Yet is not washed from its filthiness.
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They feel pure, but they are filthy and unwashed.
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There is a generation, O how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
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Don't be stuck-up and think you're better than everyone else.
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those whose eyes are ever so haughty, whose glances are so disdainful;
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There is a generation-- oh, how lofty are their eyes! And their eyelids are lifted up.
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They are proud beyond description and disdainful.
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There is a generation, whose teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives, to devour the poor from off the earth, and the needy from among men.
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Don't be greedy, merciless and cruel as wolves, Tearing into the poor and feasting on them, shredding the needy to pieces only to discard them.
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those whose teeth are swords and whose jaws are set with knives to devour the poor from the earth, the needy from among mankind.
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There is a generation whose teeth are like swords, And whose fangs are like knives, To devour the poor from off the earth, And the needy from among men.
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They devour the poor with teeth as sharp as swords or knives. They destroy the needy from the face of the earth.
Prov.30.15
The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:
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A leech has twin daughters named "Gimme" and "Gimme more." Three things are never satisfied, no, there are four that never say, "That's enough, thank you!" -
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"The leech has two daughters. 'Give! Give!' they cry. "There are three things that are never satisfied, four that never say, 'Enough!':
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The leech has two daughters-- Give and Give! There are three things that are never satisfied, Four never say, "Enough!":
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The leech has two suckers that cry out, "More, more!" There are three other things--no, four!--that are never satisfied:
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The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.
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hell, a barren womb, a parched land, a forest fire. [JC]
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the grave, the barren womb, land, which is never satisfied with water, and fire, which never says, 'Enough!'
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The grave, The barren womb, The earth that is not satisfied with water-- And the fire never says, "Enough!"
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the grave, the barren womb, the thirsty desert, the blazing fire.
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The eye that mocketh at his father, and despiseth to obey his mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.
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An eye that disdains a father and despises a mother--that eye will be plucked out by wild vultures and consumed by young eagles.
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"The eye that mocks a father, that scorns obedience to a mother, will be pecked out by the ravens of the valley, will be eaten by the vultures.
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The eye that mocks his father, And scorns obedience to his mother, The ravens of the valley will pick it out, And the young eagles will eat it.
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The eye that mocks a father and despises a mother will be plucked out by ravens of the valley and eaten by vultures.
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There be three things which are too wonderful for me, yea, four which I know not:
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Three things amaze me, no, four things I'll never understand--
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"There are three things that are too amazing for me, four that I do not understand:
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There are three things which are too wonderful for me, Yes, four which I do not understand:
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There are three things that amaze me--no, four things I do not understand:
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The way of an eagle in the air; the way of a serpent upon a rock; the way of a ship in the midst of the sea; and the way of a man with a maid.
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how an eagle flies so high in the sky, how a snake glides over a rock, how a ship navigates the ocean, why adolescents act the way they do. [JC]
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the way of an eagle in the sky, the way of a snake on a rock, the way of a ship on the high seas, and the way of a man with a maiden.
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The way of an eagle in the air, The way of a serpent on a rock, The way of a ship in the midst of the sea, And the way of a man with a virgin.
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how an eagle glides through the sky, how a snake slithers on a rock, how a ship navigates the ocean, how a man loves a woman.
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Such is the way of an adulterous woman; she eateth, and wipeth her mouth, and saith, I have done no wickedness.
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Here's how a prostitute operates: she has sex with her client, Takes a bath, then asks, "Who's next?"
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"This is the way of an adulteress: She eats and wipes her mouth and says, 'I've done nothing wrong.'
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This is the way of an adulterous woman: She eats and wipes her mouth, And says, "I have done no wickedness."
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Equally amazing is how an adulterous woman can satisfy her sexual appetite, shrug her shoulders, and then say, "What's wrong with that?"
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For three things the earth is disquieted, and for four which it cannot bear:
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Three things are too much for even the earth to bear, yes, four things shake its foundations--
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"Under three things the earth trembles, under four it cannot bear up:
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For three things the earth is perturbed, Yes, for four it cannot bear up:
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There are three things that make the earth tremble--no, four it cannot endure:
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For a servant when he reigneth; and a fool when he is filled with meat;
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when the janitor becomes the boss, when a fool gets rich,
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a servant who becomes king, a fool who is full of food,
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For a servant when he reigns, A fool when he is filled with food,
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a slave who becomes a king, an overbearing fool who prospers,
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For an odious woman when she is married; and an handmaid that is heir to her mistress.
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when a whore is voted "woman of the year," when a "girlfriend" replaces a faithful wife.
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an unloved woman who is married, and a maidservant who displaces her mistress.
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A hateful woman when she is married, And a maidservant who succeeds her mistress.
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a bitter woman who finally gets a husband, a servant girl who supplants her mistress.
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There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise:
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There are four small creatures, wisest of the wise they are--
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"Four things on earth are small, yet they are extremely wise:
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There are four things which are little on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:
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There are four things on earth that are small but unusually wise:
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The ants are a people not strong, yet they prepare their meat in the summer;
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ants--frail as they are, get plenty of food in for the winter;
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Ants are creatures of little strength, yet they store up their food in the summer;
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The ants are a people not strong, Yet they prepare their food in the summer;
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Ants--they aren't strong, but they store up food for the winter.
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The conies are but a feeble folk, yet make they their houses in the rocks;
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marmots--vulnerable as they are, manage to arrange for rock-solid homes;
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coneys are creatures of little power, yet they make their home in the crags;
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The rock badgers are a feeble folk, Yet they make their homes in the crags;
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Rock badgers--they aren't powerful, but they make their homes among the rocky cliffs.
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The locusts have no king, yet go they forth all of them by bands;
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locusts--leaderless insects, yet they strip the field like an army regiment;
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locusts have no king, yet they advance together in ranks;
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The locusts have no king, Yet they all advance in ranks;
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Locusts--they have no king, but they march like an army in ranks.
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The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings' palaces.
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lizards--easy enough to catch, but they sneak past vigilant palace guards.
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a lizard can be caught with the hand, yet it is found in kings' palaces.
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The spider skillfully grasps with its hands, And it is in kings' palaces.
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Lizards--they are easy to catch, but they are found even in kings' palaces.
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There be three things which go well, yea, four are comely in going:
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There are three solemn dignitaries, four that are impressive in their bearing--
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"There are three things that are stately in their stride, four that move with stately bearing:
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There are three things which are majestic in pace, Yes, four which are stately in walk:
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There are three stately monarchs on the earth--no, four:
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A lion which is strongest among beasts, and turneth not away for any;
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a lion, king of the beasts, deferring to none;
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a lion, mighty among beasts, who retreats before nothing;
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A lion, which is mighty among beasts And does not turn away from any;
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the lion, king of animals, who won't turn aside for anything,
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A greyhound; an he goat also; and a king, against whom there is no rising up.
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a rooster, proud and strutting; a billy goat; a head of state in stately procession. [JC]
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a strutting rooster, a he-goat, and a king with his army around him.
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A greyhound, A male goat also, And a king whose troops are with him.
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the strutting rooster, the male goat, a king as he leads his army.
Prov.30.32
If thou hast done foolishly in lifting up thyself, or if thou hast thought evil, lay thine hand upon thy mouth.
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If you're dumb enough to call attention to yourself by offending people and making rude gestures,
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"If you have played the fool and exalted yourself, or if you have planned evil, clap your hand over your mouth!
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If you have been foolish in exalting yourself, Or if you have devised evil, put your hand on your mouth.
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If you have been a fool by being proud or plotting evil, don't brag about it--cover your mouth with your hand in shame.
Prov.30.33
Surely the churning of milk bringeth forth butter, and the wringing of the nose bringeth forth blood: so the forcing of wrath bringeth forth strife.
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Don't be surprised if someone bloodies your nose. Churned milk turns into butter; riled emotions turn into fist fights.
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For as churning the milk produces butter, and as twisting the nose produces blood, so stirring up anger produces strife."
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For as the churning of milk produces butter, And wringing the nose produces blood, So the forcing of wrath produces strife.
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As the beating of cream yields butter, and a blow to the nose causes bleeding, so anger causes quarrels.
