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O that you would (A)be completely silent,
And that it would become your wisdom!

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Is there no end to (A)windy words?
Or what pains you that you answer?

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I too could speak like you,
If your soul were in the place of my soul.
I could compose words against you
And (A)shake my head at you.

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“Who is this that (A)darkens counsel
By words without knowledge?

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14 Wise men (A)store up knowledge,
But (B)the mouth of the ignorant fool draws ruin near.

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23 A (A)prudent man conceals knowledge,
But the heart of fools proclaims folly.

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The one who (A)guards his mouth keeps his soul;
The one who (B)opens wide his lips [a]comes to ruin.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:3 Lit ruin is his