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Before there's a fire, a furnace has vapor and smoke; so before bloodshed there are insults.
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I won't be ashamed to shelter friends, and I won't hide from them.
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And if something bad happens to me because of them, everyone who hears of it will be on guard against them.
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Who will put a guard on my mouth and an effective seal upon my lips so that I don't fall because of my speech and so that my tongue doesn't destroy me?