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They will not be impatient any longer, but they will act with understanding and will say what they mean. No one will think that a fool is honorable or say that a scoundrel is honest. A fool speaks foolishly and thinks up evil things to do. What he does and what he says are an insult to the Lord, and he never feeds the hungry or gives thirsty people anything to drink.

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The fearful heart will know and understand,(A)
    and the stammering tongue(B) will be fluent and clear.
No longer will the fool(C) be called noble
    nor the scoundrel be highly respected.
For fools speak folly,(D)
    their hearts are bent on evil:(E)
They practice ungodliness(F)
    and spread error(G) concerning the Lord;
the hungry they leave empty(H)
    and from the thirsty they withhold water.

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