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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.
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.