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| author | Patrick Kingston <patrick@pkingston.xyz> | 2026-01-21 23:43:14 -0500 |
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| committer | Patrick Kingston <patrick@pkingston.xyz> | 2026-01-21 23:43:14 -0500 |
| commit | 9a39da15012067fb7cc2966d219942d1f409ac7b (patch) | |
| tree | e6efa0b7019e00683ee8ad34f3b1db4e2b0bbd15 /bible/base_files/engBBE_021_PRO_20_read.txt | |
| parent | f4cf751a8efa6731cea3d4e75fbf761a446814b0 (diff) | |
Start work on encoding bible
- Get bible text
- Write code to generate huffman encoding
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diff --git a/bible/base_files/engBBE_021_PRO_20_read.txt b/bible/base_files/engBBE_021_PRO_20_read.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..b318df9 --- /dev/null +++ b/bible/base_files/engBBE_021_PRO_20_read.txt @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +Proverbs. +Chapter 20. +Wine makes men foolish, and strong drink makes men come to blows; and whoever comes into error through these is not wise. +The wrath of a king is like the loud cry of a lion: he who makes him angry does wrong against himself. +It is an honour for a man to keep from fighting, but the foolish are ever at war. +The hater of work will not do his ploughing because of the winter; so at the time of grain-cutting he will be requesting food and will get nothing. +The purpose in the heart of a man is like deep water, but a man of good sense will get it out. +Most men make no secret of their kind acts: but where is a man of good faith to be seen? +An upright man goes on in his righteousness: happy are his children after him! +A king on the seat of judging puts to flight all evil with his eyes. +Who is able to say, I have made my heart clean, I am free from my sin? +Unequal weights and unequal measures, they are all disgusting to the Lord. +Even a child may be judged by his doings, if his work is free from sin and if it is right. +The hearing ear and the seeing eye are equally the Lord's work. +Do not be a lover of sleep, or you will become poor: keep your eyes open, and you will have bread enough. +A poor thing, a poor thing, says he who is giving money for goods: but when he has gone on his way, then he makes clear his pride in what he has got. +There is gold and a store of corals: but the lips of knowledge are a jewel of great price. +Take a man's clothing if he makes himself responsible for a strange man, and get an undertaking from him who gives his word for strange men. +Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but after, his mouth will be full of sand. +Every purpose is put into effect by wise help: and by wise guiding make war. +He who goes about talking of the business of others gives away secrets: so have nothing to do with him whose lips are open wide. +If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night. +A heritage may be got quickly at first, but the end of it will not be a blessing. +Do not say, I will give punishment for evil: go on waiting for the Lord, and he will be your saviour. +Unequal weights are disgusting to the Lord, and false scales are not good. +A man's steps are of the Lord; how then may a man have knowledge of his way? +It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them. +A wise king puts evil-doers to flight, and makes their evil-doing come back on them. +The Lord keeps watch over the spirit of man, searching all the deepest parts of the body. +Mercy and good faith keep the king safe, and the seat of his power is based on upright acts. +The glory of young men is their strength, and the honour of old men is their grey hairs. +By the wounds of the rod evil is taken away, and blows make clean the deepest parts of the body. |
