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Proverbs 27:5
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It is better to correct someone openly than to have love and not show it.
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Stone is heavy, and sand is weighty, but a complaining fool is worse than either.
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Anger is cruel and destroys like a flood, but no one can put up with jealousy!
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It is better to correct someone openly than to have love and not show it.
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The slap of a friend can be trusted to help you, but the kisses of an enemy are nothing but lies.
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When you are full, not even honey tastes good, but when you are hungry, even something bitter tastes sweet.
Scripture taken from the New Century Version. Copyright © 1987, 1988, 1991 by Thomas Nelson, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.