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O naïve ones, learn prudence!
Fools, gain understanding!
Listen, for I speak excellent things,
and my lips utter right things.
For my mouth speaks truth,
and my lips detest wickedness.

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You who are simple,(A) gain prudence;(B)
    you who are foolish, set your hearts on it.[a]
Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say;
    I open my lips to speak what is right.
My mouth speaks what is true,(C)
    for my lips detest wickedness.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 8:5 Septuagint; Hebrew foolish, instruct your minds