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He that is hasty to give credit is light-minded, and he that sinneth shall offend against his own soul.
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Whoso taketh pleasure in wickedness shall be condemned, but he that resisteth pleasures crowneth his life.
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He that can rule his tongue shall live without strife, and he that hateth babbling shall have less evil.
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Recount not unto another that which is told unto thee, and thou shalt fare never the worse.
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Whether it be to friend or foe, talk not of other men's lives; and if thou canst without offense, reveal them not;
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for he heard and observed thee, and when time cometh he will hate thee.
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If thou hast heard a word, let it die with thee; and be bold, it will not burst thee.
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A fool travaileth with a word, as a woman in labor with a child.
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As an arrow that sticketh in a man's thigh, so is a word within a fool's belly.
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Admonish a friend; it may be he hath not done it; and if he have done it, that he do it no more.
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Admonish thy friend; it may be he hath not said it; and if he have, that he speak it not again.