20 From the fruit of their mouth a person’s stomach is filled;
    with the harvest of their lips they are satisfied.(A)

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11 Like apples[a] of gold in settings of silver(A)
    is a ruling rightly given.
12 Like an earring of gold or an ornament of fine gold
    is the rebuke of a wise judge to a listening ear.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 25:11 Or possibly apricots

13 Evildoers are trapped by their sinful talk,(A)
    and so the innocent escape trouble.(B)

14 From the fruit of their lips people are filled with good things,(C)
    and the work of their hands brings them reward.(D)

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From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things,(A)
    but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.

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18 for it is pleasing when you keep them in your heart
    and have all of them ready on your lips.

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21 teaching you to be honest and to speak the truth,(A)
    so that you bring back truthful reports
    to those you serve?

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