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for the perverse is an abomination to ADONAI, but he shares his secret counsel with the upright.

ADONAI's curse is in the house of the wicked, but he blesses the home of the righteous.

The scornful he scorns, but gives grace to the humble.

For ADONAI is watching a man's ways; he surveys all his paths.

There are six things ADONAI hates, seven which he detests:

The fear of ADONAI is hatred of evil. I hate pride and arrogance, evil ways and duplicitous speech.

"ADONAI made me as the beginning of his way, the first of his ancient works.

he had not yet made the earth, the fields, or even the earth's first grains of dust.

When he established the heavens, I was there. When he drew the horizon's circle on the deep,

when he set the skies above in place, when the fountains of the deep poured forth,

when he prescribed boundaries for the sea, so that its water would not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth,

I was with him as someone he could trust. For me, every day was pure delight, as I played in his presence all the time,.

playing everywhere on his earth, and delighting to be with humankind.

For he who finds me finds life and obtains the favor of ADONAI.

The fear of ADONAI is the beginning of wisdom, and knowledge of holy ones is understanding.

ADONAI does not let the righteous go hungry, but he thwarts the craving of the wicked.

The blessing of ADONAI is what makes people rich, and he doesn't mix sorrow with it.

The fear of ADONAI adds length to life, but the years of the wicked are cut short.

The way of ADONAI is a stronghold to the upright but ruin to those who do evil.

False scales are an abomination to ADONAI, but accurate weights please him.

The crooked-hearted are an abomination to ADONAI, but those sincere in their ways are his delight.

A good man obtains ADONAI's favor, but the schemer his condemnation.

Lying lips are an abomination to ADONAI, but those who deal faithfully are his delight.

A person with upright conduct fears ADONAI, but a person who is devious scorns him.

In the fear of ADONAI is powerful security; for his children there will be a place of refuge.