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Does not the dew assuage the scorching heat? So a word is better than a gift.
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Indeed, does not a word surpass a good gift? Both are to be found in a gracious man.
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A fool is ungracious and abusive, and the gift of a grudging man makes the eyes dim.
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Before you speak, learn, and before you fall ill, take care of your health.
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Before judgment, examine yourself, and in the hour of visitation you will find forgiveness.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.