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A wise man, therefore, proportions his belief to the evidence.
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Your own soul is nourished when you are kind; it is destroyed when you are cruel.
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A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.
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Words kill, words give life; they're either poison or fruit--- YOU choose.
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The fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom.
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Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding.
For the merchandise of it is better than the merchandise of silver, and the gain thereof than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies, and all the things that can be compared unto her.
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Love is as strong as death; its jealousy as unyielding as the grave. It burns like a blazing fire; like a mighty flame. Many waters cannot quench love, rivers cannot wash it away
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The lesser of two evils is still evil.
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Do not let kindness and truth leave you;
Bind them around your neck, Write them on the tablet of your heart.
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Be strong and of good courage; fear not or be dismayed; for the Lord, even my God, will be with thee. He will not fail thee, till thou hast finished all the work for the service of the house of the Lord.
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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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I have found the one whom my soul loves.
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The righteous man walks in his integrity; His children are blessed after him.
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As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend.
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I like to call amethyst the mother/healer/teacher/lover of the mineral kingdom because it is for lack of a better term an all purpose crystal. Feeling low? It'll help. Feeling lost? It will help. Need your mom? It will help. Need reassurance that you're making a positive choice in your life? It'll help.
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Please, God. Help me. Take this pain away. Please fill this loneliness with your love. Help me, God, please, help me.
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Two are better than one,because they have a good reward for their labor.
For if they fall, the one will lif' up his fellow, but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, for he hath not another to help him up.
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The slacker does not plow during planting season; at harvest time he looks, and there is nothing.
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There is a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance.
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Then the dust will return to the earth as it was, and the spirit will return to God who gave it.
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Comfort me with apples, for I am sick of love.
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Of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
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Harmony is something we must have with others, but it must start inside us first.
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... Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for You are with me... Surely goodness and love will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
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The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
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Give me the gift of a listening heart.
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A wise son makes a glad father, But a foolish son is the grief of his mother.
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A righteous man hates lying, But a wicked man is loathsome and comes to shame.
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Sorrow is better than laughter; for, by the sadness of the countenance, the heart is made better.
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Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
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There is nothing in the desert and no man needs nothing.
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In much wisdom is much grief: and he that increaseth knowledge increaseth sorrow.
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Riches are a stronghold in the imagination of a rich man.
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Listen to your father who begot you, And do not despise your mother when she is old.
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For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he.
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It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honour of kings is to search out a matter.
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A key difference between a dialogue and an ordinary discussion is that, within the latter people usually hold relatively fixed positions and argue in favor of their views as they try to convince others to change. At best this may produce agreement or compromise, but it does not give rise to anything creative.
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Have you beheld a man skillful in his work? Before kings is where he will station himself; he will not station himself before commonplace men.
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A good name is rather to be chosen than riches.
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Anxiety in a man's heart weighs him down, but a good word makes him glad.
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My beloved is mine and I am his.
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Look for opportunities to help someone else, but don't give expecting something in return. Give knowing that if we give we receive.
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I once heard someone say that success is not hocus pocus but focus focus.
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A soft answer breaks the rage, a tough answer encourage the fury.
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The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger. It is his glory to overlook an offense.
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Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth.
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What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again;
there is nothing new under the sun
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Better is a dinner of herbs where love is than a fattened ox and hatred with it.
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One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty;
one who rules his spirit, than he who takes a city.
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Fools despise wisdom and instruction.