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The fear of the Lord surpasses everything; to whom shall be likened the one who holds it fast?
13
Any wound, but not a wound of the heart! Any wickedness, but not the wickedness of a wife!
14
Any attack, but not an attack from those who hate! And any vengeance, but not the vengeance of enemies!
15
There is no venom worse than a snake's venom, and no wrath worse than an enemy's wrath.
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.