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(10.1) Be not the man who shifts the boundary,(10.2) nor the one who moves the field-mark to his side;(10.3) do not say, "My father's field is mine";(10.4) God has set the limit and written it down.(10.5) Do not turn your heart to the long life,(10.6) nor lean on the years that seem to come;(10.7) a man's life passes like a shadow on the wall,(10.8) and what is written is written from of old.(10.9) * Keep your heart steady in the midst of men;(10.10) be quiet; the truth will make its way.(10.11) Do not quarrel with the man who crosses you;(10.12) keep your hand from the moment's wrong.(10.13) The hot heart is a fire in the house of him who bears it;(10.14) be slow, and God will be your hand.(10.15) Do not speak evil of the man who is away;(10.16) speak well, and your own name will be kept.(10.17) Give your heart to what is written here:(10.18) it is the way of the excellent son, the gift of God.

(10.1) Don't be the one who moves the boundary,(10.2) or shifts the field-marker toward his side;(10.3) don't say, "My father's field is mine";(10.4) God set the limit and wrote it down.(10.5) Don't set your heart on a long life,(10.6) or lean on the years you expect;(10.7) life passes like a shadow on a wall,(10.8) and what is written was written long ago.(10.9) * Keep your heart steady among people;(10.10) stay quiet; the truth will find its way.(10.11) Don't quarrel with the man who crosses you;(10.12) keep your hand from a moment's wrong.(10.13) A hot heart is a fire in the house of the one who holds it;(10.14) be patient, and God will be your hand.(10.15) Don't speak evil of the man who is absent;(10.16) speak well, and your own name will be kept.(10.17) Give your heart to what is written here:(10.18) it is the way of the excellent son, the gift of God.