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See that you fence in your property with thorns, lock up your silver and gold,
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make balances and scales for your words, and make a door and a bolt for your mouth.
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Beware lest you err with your tongue, lest you fall before him who lies in wait.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.