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A false witness shall not be unpunished;
And he that [a]uttereth lies shall perish.
10 Delicate living is not seemly for a fool;
Much less for a servant to have rule over princes.
11 The discretion of a man maketh him slow to anger;
And it is his glory to pass over a transgression.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:9 Hebrew breatheth out.

A false witness will not go unpunished,
    and whoever pours out lies will perish.(A)

10 It is not fitting for a fool(B) to live in luxury—
    how much worse for a slave to rule over princes!(C)

11 A person’s wisdom yields patience;(D)
    it is to one’s glory to overlook an offense.

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