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He that discloseth the secret of a friend loseth his credit, and shall never find a friend to his mind.
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Love thy neighbour, and be joined to him with fidelity.
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But if thou discover his secrets, follow no more after him.
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For as a man that destroyeth his friend, so also is he that destroyeth the friendship of his neighbour.
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And as one that letteth a bird go out of his hand, so hast thou let thy neighbour go, and thou shalt not get him again.
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Follow after him no more, for he is gone afar off, he is fled, as a roe escaped out of the snare: because his soul is wounded.
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Thou canst no more bind him up. And of a curse there is reconciliation:
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But to disclose the secrets of a friend, leaveth no hope to an unhappy soul.
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He that winketh with the eye forgeth wicked things, and no man will cast him off:
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In the sight of thy eyes he will sweeten his mouth, and will admire thy words: but at the last he will writhe his mouth, and on thy words he will lay a stumblingblock.
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I have hated many things, but not like him, and the Lord will hate him.