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Proverbs 25:22-28
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Proverbs 25:22-28
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22
You will make them burn with shame, and the Lord will reward you.
23
Gossip brings anger just as surely as the north wind brings rain.
24
Better to live on the roof than share the house with a nagging wife.
25
Finally hearing good news from a distant land is like a drink of cold water when you are dry and thirsty.
26
A good person who gives in to someone who is evil reminds you of a polluted spring or a poisoned well.
27
Too much honey is bad for you, and so is trying to win too much praise.
28
If you cannot control your anger, you are as helpless as a city without walls, open to attack.
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[a].
[Probable text] and so . . . praise; [Hebrew unclear.]
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.