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²¹An estate quickly acquired in the beginning
will not be blessed in the end.
²²Do not say, “I will repay evil”;
wait for the Lord, and he will help you.
²³Differing weights are an abomination to the Lord,
and false scales are not good.
²⁴All our steps are ordered by the Lord;
how then can we understand our own ways?
²⁵It is a snare for one to say rashly, “It is holy,”
and begin to reflect only after making a vow.
²⁶A wise king winnows the wicked,
and drives the wheel over them.
²⁷The human spirit is the lamp of the Lord,
searching every inmost part.
²⁸Loyalty and faithfulness preserve the king,
and his throne is upheld by righteousness.
²⁹The glory of youths is their strength,
but the beauty of the aged is their gray hair.
³⁰Blows that wound cleanse away evil;
beatings make clean the innermost parts.