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Read it slowly, twice. There is no hurry.

5 steps, about 14 minutes in all. Stop anytime — what you have written is kept for you.

Proverbs 3:13-18

Happy is the man who finds wisdom, the man who gets understanding. For her good profit is better than getting silver, and her return is better than fine gold. She is more precious than rubies. None of the things you can desire are to be compared to her. Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor. Her ways are ways of pleasantness. All her paths are peace. She is a tree of life to those who lay hold of her. Happy is everyone who retains her.

Now read it a second time.

Reads the 5 steps and the passage aloud, with rests between.

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