“Would a wise person answer with empty notions
    or fill their belly with the hot east wind?(A)

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26 Do you mean to correct what I say,
    and treat my desperate words as wind?(A)

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“How long will you say such things?(A)
    Your words are a blustering wind.(B)

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Two Kinds of Wisdom

13 Who is wise and understanding among you? Let them show it(A) by their good life, by deeds(B) done in the humility that comes from wisdom.

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12 [a]Ephraim(A) feeds on the wind;(B)
    he pursues the east wind all day
    and multiplies lies and violence.(C)
He makes a treaty with Assyria(D)
    and sends olive oil to Egypt.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 12:1 In Hebrew texts 12:1-14 is numbered 12:2-15.

What you know, I also know;
    I am not inferior to you.(A)

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“Are all these words to go unanswered?(A)
    Is this talker to be vindicated?(B)
Will your idle talk(C) reduce others to silence?
    Will no one rebuke you when you mock?(D)

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