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Proverbs 13:3
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Proverbs 13:3
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Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life;
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he who opens wide his lips
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comes to ruin.
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A wise son hears his father's instruction, but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
2
From the fruit of his mouth a man eats what is good, but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.
3
Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.
4
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing, while the soul of the diligent is richly supplied.
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The righteous hates falsehood, but the wicked brings shame and disgrace.
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1.
Proverbs 21:23
; [
Proverbs 12:13
;
Proverbs 18:21
;
James 3:2
]
2.
Proverbs 20:19
3.
Proverbs 18:7
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