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30 Akamwa k’omutuukirivu koogera bya magezi,
    n’olulimi lwe lwogera bya mazima.

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30 The mouths of the righteous utter wisdom,(A)
    and their tongues speak what is just.

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12 Essuubi erirwawo okutuukirira lirwaza omutima,
    naye ekyegombebwa bwe kituukirira kiba muti gwa bulamu.

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12 Hope deferred makes the heart sick,
    but a longing fulfilled is a tree of life.(A)

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14 (A)Okuyigiriza kw’omuntu alina amagezi nsulo ya bulamu,
    era kuggya omuntu mu mitego gy’okufa.

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14 The teaching of the wise is a fountain of life,(A)
    turning a person from the snares of death.(B)

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19 Ekyegombebwa bwe kituukirira kisanyusa omutima,
    naye okulekayo okukola ebibi kya muzizo eri abasirusiru.

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19 A longing fulfilled is sweet to the soul,(A)
    but fools detest turning from evil.

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(A)Omukisa gubeera ku mutwe gw’omutuukirivu,
    naye akamwa k’omukozi w’ebibi kajjula obukambwe.

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Blessings crown the head of the righteous,
    but violence overwhelms the mouth of the wicked.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:6 Or righteous, / but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence