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Prudent people see trouble coming and hide,
    but the naive walk right into it and take a beating.
A humble person who fears the Eternal
    can expect to receive wealth, honor, and life.
Thorny branches and traps lie ahead for those who follow perverse paths;
    those who want to preserve themselves will steer clear of them.

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A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.

By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, and honour, and life.

Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

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