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A boor peers into the house from the door, but a cultivated man remains outside.
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It is ill-mannered for a man to listen at a door, and a discreet man is grieved by the disgrace.
25
The lips of strangers will speak of these things, but the words of the prudent will be weighed in the balance.
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The mind of fools is in their mouth, but the mouth of wise men is in their mind.
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When an ungodly man curses his adversary, he curses his own soul.
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.