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11 Someone might know how to control snakes. But that skill is useless if a snake bites when that person is not around.

12 Words from the wise bring praise,
    but words from a fool bring destruction.

13 Fools begin by saying something foolish. But in the end, they speak nonsense.

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11 If a snake bites before it is charmed,
    the charmer receives no fee.(A)

12 Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious,(B)
    but fools are consumed by their own lips.(C)
13 At the beginning their words are folly;
    at the end they are wicked madness—

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