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it sprouts four branches, good and evil, life and death; and it is the tongue that continually rules them.
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Some people may be clever enough to teach many, and yet be useless to themselves.
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A skillful speaker may be hated; he will be destitute of all food,
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for the Lord has withheld the gift of charm, since he is lacking in all wisdom.
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