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34:1  A man of no understanding has vain and false hopes, and dreams give wings to fools.
34:2  As one who catches at a shadow and pursues the wind, so is he who gives heed to dreams.
34:3  The vision of dreams is this against that, the likeness of a face confronting a face.
34:4  From an unclean thing what will be made clean? And from something false what will be true?
34:5  Divinations and omens and dreams are folly, and like a woman in travail the mind has fancies.
34:6  Unless they are sent from the Most High as a visitation, do not give your mind to them.
34:7  For dreams have deceived many, and those who put their hope in them have failed.
34:8  Without such deceptions the law will be fulfilled, and wisdom is made perfect in truthful lips.
34:9  An educated man knows many things, and one with much experience will speak with understanding.
34:10  He that is inexperienced knows few things, but he that has traveled acquires much cleverness.
34:11  I have seen many things in my travels, and I understand more than I can express.
34:12  I have often been in danger of death, but have escaped because of these experiences.
34:13  The spirit of those who fear the Lord will live, for their hope is in him who saves them.
34:14  He who fears the Lord will not be timid, nor play the coward, for he is his hope.
34:15  Blessed is the soul of the man who fears the Lord! To whom does he look? And who is his support?
34:16  The eyes of the Lord are upon those who love him, a mighty protection and strong support, a shelter from the hot wind and a shade from noonday sun, a guard against stumbling and a defense against falling.
34:17  He lifts up the soul and gives light to the eyes; he grants healing, life, and blessing.
34:18  If one sacrifices from what has been wrongfully obtained, the offering is blemished; the gifts of the lawless are not acceptable.
34:19  The Most High is not pleased with the offerings of the ungodly; and he is not propitiated for sins by a multitude of sacrifices.
34:20  Like one who kills a son before his father’s eyes is the man who offers a sacrifice from the property of the poor.
34:21  The bread of the needy is the life of the poor; whoever deprives them of it is a man of blood.
34:22  To take away a neighbor’s living is to murder him; to deprive an employee of his wages is to shed blood.
34:23  When one builds and another tears down, what do they gain but toil?
34:24  When one prays and another curses, to whose voice will the Lord listen?
34:25  If a man washes after touching a dead body, and touches it again, what has he gained by his washing?
34:26  So if a man fasts for his sins, and goes again and does the same things, who will listen to his prayer? And what has he gained by humbling himself?