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In the same way that it's possible to bandage a wound, there's also reconciliation for insult, but the one who has let a friend's secrets slip out has no hope.
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And as you set a bird free from your hand, so too you have let your neighbors go, and you won't catch them.
20
Don't pursue them, because they have withdrawn far away from you, and they have escaped like a gazelle from a trap.
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In the same way that it's possible to bandage a wound, there's also reconciliation for insult, but the one who has let a friend's secrets slip out has no hope.
22
Those who wink their eye plan evil, and whoever recognizes them will keep their distance.
23
To your face their speech will be sweet, and they will express amazement at your words. But later they will distort what they said, and they will use your own words against you.