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Blessed is he that is defended from a wicked tongue, that hath not passed into the wrath thereof, and that hath not drawn the yoke thereof, and hath not been bound in its bands.
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For its yoke is a yoke of iron: and its bands are bands of brass.
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The death thereof is a most evil death: and hell is preferable to it.
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Its continuance shall not be for a long time, but it shall possess the ways of the unjust: and the just shall not be burnt with its flame.
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They that forsake God shall fall into it, and it shall burn in them, and shall not be quenched, and it shall be sent upon them as a lion, and as a leopard it shall tear them.
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Hedge in thy ears with thorns, hear not a wicked tongue, and make doors and bars to thy mouth.
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Melt down thy gold and silver, and make a balance for thy words, and a just bridle for thy mouth:
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And take heed lest thou slip with thy tongue, and fall in the sight of thy enemies who lie in wait for thee, and thy fall be incurable unto death.