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• Hitherto shalt thou come, but no further; and here shall thy proud waves be stayed.
  -- Old Testament -- Job xxxviii, 11...
• As thy days, so shall thy strength be. -- Old Testament -- Deuteronomy xxxiii, 25
• Put a knife to thy throat, if thou be a man given to appetite.
  -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xxiii, 2...
• As the bird by wandering, as the swallow by flying, so the curse causeless shall not come.
  -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xxvi, 2...
• Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store. -- Old Testament -- Deuteronomy xxviii, 5
• Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xxiii, 21
• If thou faint in the day of adversity thy strength is small.
  -- Old Testament -- Proverbs xxiv, 10...
• Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom
  and with all thy getting get understanding. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs iv, 7...
• The destruction of the poor is their poverty. -- Old Testament -- Proverbs x, 15