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Proverbs 18:6-16
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The lips of fools bring them strife, and their mouths invite a beating.
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The mouths of fools are their undoing, and their lips are a snare to their very lives.
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The words of a gossip are like choice morsels; they go down to the inmost parts.
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One who is slack in his work is brother to one who destroys.
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The name of the LORD is a fortified tower; the righteous run to it and are safe.
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The wealth of the rich is their fortified city; they imagine it a wall too high to scale.
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Before a downfall the heart is haughty, but humility comes before honor.
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To answer before listening— that is folly and shame.
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The human spirit can endure in sickness, but a crushed spirit who can bear?
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The heart of the discerning acquires knowledge, for the ears of the wise seek it out.
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A gift opens the way and ushers the giver into the presence of the great.
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Proverbs 10:14
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Psalms 140:9
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Psalms 64:8
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Proverbs 10:14
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Proverbs 12:13
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Proverbs 13:3
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Ecclesiastes 10:12
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Proverbs 26:22
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Proverbs 28:24
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2 Samuel 22:3
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Psalms 61:3
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Psalms 20:1
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Proverbs 14:26
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Proverbs 10:15
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Proverbs 11:2
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Proverbs 15:33
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Proverbs 16:18
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Proverbs 20:25
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John 7:51
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Proverbs 15:13
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Proverbs 17:22
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Proverbs 15:14
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Genesis 32:13
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1 Samuel 10:4
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Proverbs 19:6
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Genesis 32:20
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