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(9.1) Do not let your heart swell with your learning;(9.2) do not boast that you have found the word.(9.3) Take counsel with the ignorant as with the learned,(9.4) for the full bank of skill is never reached.(9.5) Fine speech is more hidden than green stone,(9.6) yet it is found among the slave-girls at the millstones.(9.7) Be not proud of your riches, though they came to you(9.8) without your seeking: they are the gift of God.(9.9) Do not lean on tomorrow; it is not yours;(9.10) the morning may come, and your hand be empty.(9.11) The work of God is a hidden water,(9.12) and no man knows the place of its rising.(9.13) * Do not disturb the heart of the widow;(9.14) do not lay your hand upon her field.(9.15) Do not turn from the cry of the broken,(9.16) for the ear of God has heard it already.(9.17) The broken man's prayer is heard on high;(9.18) and what is written, written comes to pass.

(9.1) Don't let your heart swell with learning;(9.2) don't boast that you've found the word.(9.3) Take advice from the ignorant as from the learned,(9.4) for the bank of skill is never full.(9.5) Good speech is rarer than green stone,(9.6) yet it's found among the mill girls.(9.7) Don't be proud of riches, even if they came to you(9.8) unasked: they are God's gift.(9.9) Don't count on tomorrow; it isn't yours;(9.10) morning may come and find your hand empty.(9.11) The work of God is hidden water;(9.12) no one knows where it rises.(9.13) * Don't trouble the heart of the widow;(9.14) don't lay a hand on her field.(9.15) Don't turn away from the broken man's cry,(9.16) for God's ear has already heard it.(9.17) The prayer of the broken is heard on high;(9.18) what is written is written, and it comes to pass.