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19 A brother helped is like a strong city,[a]
    but quarreling is like the bars of a castle.
20 From the fruit of his mouth a man is satisfied;
    he is satisfied by the yield of his lips.
21 Death and life are in the power of the tongue,
    and those who love it will eat its fruits.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:19 Gk Syr Vg Tg: The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

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