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Give unto the good, and help not the sinner.
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A friend cannot be known in prosperity: and an enemy cannot be hidden in adversity.
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In the prosperity of a man enemies will be grieved: but in his adversity even a friend will
depart.
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Never trust thine enemy: for like as iron rusteth, so is his wickedness.
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Though he humble himself, and go crouching, yet take good heed and beware of him, and
thou shalt be unto him as if thou hadst wiped a lookingglass, and thou shalt know that his rust hath
not been altogether wiped away.
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Set him not by thee, lest, when he hath overthrown thee, he stand up in thy place; neither let
him sit at thy right hand, lest he seek to take thy seat, and thou at the last remember my words, and
be pricked therewith.
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Who will pity a charmer that is bitten with a serpent, or any such as come nigh wild beasts?
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So one that goeth to a sinner, and is defiled with him in his sins, who will pity?
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For a while he will abide with thee, but if thou begin to fall, he will not tarry.
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An enemy speaketh sweetly with his lips, but in his heart he imagineth how to throw thee into
a pit: he will weep with his eyes, but if he find opportunity, he will not be satisfied with blood.
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If adversity come upon thee, thou shalt find him there first; and though he pretend to help
thee, yet shall he undermine thee.
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He will shake his head, and clap his hands, and whisper much, and change his countenance.
CHAPTER 13
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith; and he that hath fellowship with a proud man
shall be like unto him.
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Burden not thyself above thy power while thou livest; and have no fellowship with one that
is mightier and richer than thyself: for how agree the kettle and the earthen pot together? for if the
one be smitten against the other, it shall be broken.
3
The rich man hath done wrong, and yet he threateneth withal: the poor is wronged, and he
must intreat also.
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If thou be for his profit, he will use thee: but if thou have nothing, he will forsake thee.
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If thou have any thing, he will live with thee: yea, he will make thee bare, and will not be sorry
for it.
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If he have need of thee, he will deceive thee, and smile upon thee, and put thee in hope; he
will speak thee fair, and say, What wantest thou?
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And he will shame thee by his meats, until he have drawn thee dry twice or thrice, and at the
last he will laugh thee to scorn afterward, when he seeth thee, he will forsake thee, and shake his
head at thee.
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Beware that thou be not deceived and brought down in thy jollity.
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