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Have they appointed you ruler? Do not lift yourself up. Be among them as one of them; care for them, and then sit down.
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When you have completed every duty, recline, that you may rejoice because of them and receive a crown for your good order.
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Speak, elder, for it is fitting for you, with precise knowledge; but do not hinder music.
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Where there is performance, do not pour out speech, and do not display Wisdom out of season.
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Like a seal of ruby set in an ornament of gold is a harmony of music at a wine-feast.
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Like a seal of emerald in a work of gold is a melody of music with pleasant wine.
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Speak, young man, if there is need— scarcely twice, and only when asked.
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Summarize your word: much in few words. Be as one who knows and at the same time remains silent.
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Among great ones do not make yourself their equal; when another is speaking, do not babble much.
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Lightning hastens before thunder, and favor goes before a modest one.
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Rise at the appointed hour and do not remain last; run home and do not be sluggish.
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There take delight and work what is in your heart, but do not sin through a proud word.
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For these things bless the One who made you and fills you from His good things.
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One who reveres Yahuah receives instruction, and those rising early seek His delight.
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One who seeks Torah shall be filled with it, but the hypocrite shall stumble through it.
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Those who revere Yahuah find Right-Ruling and kindle righteous decrees like light.
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A sinful Adam turns aside correction and finds a decision according to his own desire.
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An ish of counsel does not overlook thought; but a foreign and proud one does not tremble with fear.
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Do nothing without counsel, and after doing it, do not regret.
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Do not walk in a Way of opposition, and do not stumble upon stony ground.
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Do not trust a Way without stumbling,
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and guard yourself even from your own children.
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In every work, trust your being; for this also is guarding the Commands.
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One who trusts Torah attends to the Commands, and one who trusts Yahuah shall suffer no loss.