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WISDOM AND SOUND ADVICE FROM THE TORAH

Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pur sue it.
(Psalms, 34:14)

... Did not one God cre ate us? Why do we pro fane the cov e -
nant of our fa thers by break ing faith with one an oth er?
(Malachi, 2:10)

And our elders and all those liv ing in our coun try said to us,
"Take pro vi sions for your jour ney; go and meet them and say
to them, '... make a trea ty with us'." (Joshua, 9:11)

Then Joshua made a trea ty of peace with them to let them live,
and the lead ers of the as sem bly rat i fied it by oath. (Joshua, 9:15)

Then the whole as sem bly sent an of fer of peace... (Judges,
21:13)

The Lord gave Solomon wis dom, just as He had prom ised
him. There were peace ful re la tions be tween Hiram and
Solomon, and the two of them made a trea ty. (1 Kings, 5:12)

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