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- The mouth of a righteous man is a well of life: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked.
- Hatred stirreth up strifes: but love covereth all sins.
- In the lips of him that hath understanding wisdom is found: but a rod is for the back of him that is void of understanding.
- Wise men lay up knowledge: but the mouth of the foolish is near destruction.
- The rich man's wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.
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- The mouth of the righteous is a fountain of life, but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.
- Hatred stirs up dissension, but love covers over all wrongs.
- Wisdom is found on the lips of the discerning, but a rod is for the back of him who lacks judgment.
- Wise men store up knowledge, but the mouth of a fool invites ruin.
- The wealth of the rich is their fortified city, but poverty is the ruin of the poor.
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- The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.
- He is in the way of life that keepeth instruction: but he that refuseth reproof erreth.
- He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
- In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.
- The tongue of the just is as choice silver: the heart of the wicked is little worth.
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- The wages of the righteous bring them life, but the income of the wicked brings them punishment.
- He who heeds discipline shows the way to life, but whoever ignores correction leads others astray.
- He who conceals his hatred has lying lips, and whoever spreads slander is a fool.
- When words are many, sin is not absent, but he who holds his tongue is wise.
- The tongue of the righteous is choice silver, but the heart of the wicked is of little value.
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- The lips of the righteous feed many: but fools die for want of wisdom.
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- The lips of the righteous nourish many, but fools die for lack of judgment.
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