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Too much activity gives you restless dreams; too many words make you a fool.

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A dream(A) comes when there are many cares,
    and many words mark the speech of a fool.(B)

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The tongue of the wise makes knowledge appealing,
    but the mouth of a fool belches out foolishness.

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The tongue of the wise adorns knowledge,(A)
    but the mouth of the fool gushes folly.(B)

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12 Wise words bring approval,
    but fools are destroyed by their own words.

13 Fools base their thoughts on foolish assumptions,
    so their conclusions will be wicked madness;
14     they chatter on and on.

No one really knows what is going to happen;
    no one can predict the future.

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12 Words from the mouth of the wise are gracious,(A)
    but fools are consumed by their own lips.(B)
13 At the beginning their words are folly;
    at the end they are wicked madness—
14     and fools multiply words.(C)

No one knows what is coming—
    who can tell someone else what will happen after them?(D)

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19 Too much talk leads to sin.
    Be sensible and keep your mouth shut.

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19 Sin is not ended by multiplying words,
    but the prudent hold their tongues.(A)

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“Shouldn’t someone answer this torrent of words?
    Is a person proved innocent just by a lot of talking?

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“Are all these words to go unanswered?(A)
    Is this talker to be vindicated?(B)

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