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11 A fool gives all his breath,[a]
    but the wise holds back in quiet.
12 A ruler listening to a word of falsehood,
    all his officials are wicked.
13 The poor and a man of oppression have this in common:
    Yahweh gives light to the eyes of them both.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 29:11 Or “spirit”
  2. Proverbs 29:13 Literally “light of the eyes of the two of them”

11 Fools give full vent to their rage,(A)
    but the wise bring calm in the end.(B)

12 If a ruler(C) listens to lies,
    all his officials become wicked.(D)

13 The poor and the oppressor have this in common:
    The Lord gives sight to the eyes of both.(E)

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