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Understand, ye simple ones, prudence, And ye fools, understand the heart,

Hearken, for noble things I speak, And the opening of my lips [is] uprightness.

For truth doth my mouth utter, And an abomination to my lips [is] 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