13 As the old proverb says, ‘Wickedness comes from wicked people.’(A) My hand will never be against you.

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A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is like lame legs that hang limp.

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A proverb in the mouth of a fool
is like a stick with thorns,
brandished by[a] the hand of a drunkard.

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Footnotes

  1. 26:9 Lit thorn that goes up into

20 He feeds on[a] ashes.
His deceived mind has led him astray,
and he cannot rescue himself,
or say, “Isn’t there a lie in my right hand?” (A)

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Footnotes

  1. 44:20 Or He shepherds

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