Proverbs 17:4; Proverbs 17:7; Proverbs 17:20; Proverbs 17:27-28

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Proverbs 17:4

4 A bad man hearkens to the tongue of transgressors: but a righteous man attends not to false lips.

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Proverbs 17:7

7 Faithful lips will not suit a fool; nor lying lips a just man.

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Proverbs 17:20

20 and the hard-hearted man comes not in for good. A man of a changeful tongue will fall into mischiefs;

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Proverbs 17:27-28

27 He that forbears to utter a hard word is discreet, and a patient man is wise.

28 Wisdom shall be imputed to a fool who asks after wisdom: and he who holds his peace shall seem to be sensible.

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