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It hath destroyed the strong cities of the rich, and hath overthrown the houses of great men.
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It hath cut in pieces the forces of people, and undone strong nations.
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The tongue of a third person hath cast out valiant women, and deprived them of their labours.
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He that hearkeneth to it, shall never have rest, neither shall he have a friend in whom he may repose.
21
The stroke of a whip maketh a blue mark: but the stroke of the tongue will break the bones.
22
Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but not so many as have perished by their own tongue.
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Blessed is he that is defended from a wicked tongue, that hath not passed into the wrath thereof, and that hath not drawn the yoke thereof, and hath not been bound in its bands.
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For its yoke is a yoke of iron: and its bands are bands of brass.
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The death thereof is a most evil death: and hell is preferable to it.
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Its continuance shall not be for a long time, but it shall possess the ways of the unjust: and the just shall not be burnt with its flame.
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They that forsake God shall fall into it, and it shall burn in them, and shall not be quenched, and it shall be sent upon them as a lion, and as a leopard it shall tear them.