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Do not go after him, for he is too far off, and has escaped like a gazelle from a snare.
21
For a wound may be bandaged, and there is reconciliation after abuse, but whoever has betrayed secrets is without hope.
22
Whoever winks the eye plots mischief, and those who know him will keep their distance.
23
In your presence his mouth is all sweetness, and he admires your words; but later he will twist his speech and with your own words he will trip you up.
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I have hated many things, but him above all; even the Lord hates him.
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