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14 Know, too, that wisdom is good for your soul:
    if you find it, your reward will be a bright future
    and an enduring hope!

15 Do not lurk outside the home of the just like a common criminal;
    do not tear up the place where he rests.
16 For a good man may fall seven times and get back up again,
    but the wicked will stumble around and fall into misfortune.

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14 Know also that wisdom is like honey for you:
    If you find it, there is a future hope for you,
    and your hope will not be cut off.(A)

Saying 27

15 Do not lurk like a thief near the house of the righteous,
    do not plunder their dwelling place;
16 for though the righteous fall seven times, they rise again,
    but the wicked stumble when calamity strikes.(B)

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