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Adonai’s Lamp Searches

14 “It’s bad, bad!” says the buyer,
but then he goes away and boasts.
15 There is gold and abundance of rubies,
but lips that speak knowledge are precious.

16 Take a man’s garment, who puts up security for a stranger,
and hold it in pledge, as security for a foreign woman.

17 Bread gained by fraud is sweet to a man,
but later his mouth is filled with gravel.

18 Plans are made by counsel,
so wage war with guidance.

19 A talebearer goes about, revealing secrets,
so do not associate with a babbler.

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