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11 The mouth of the just is a fountain of life,
    but the mouth of the wicked conceals violence.
12 Hatred stirs up disputes,
    (A) but love covers all offenses.[a]
13 On the lips of the intelligent is found wisdom,
    but a rod for the back of one without sense.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 10:12 Love covers all offenses: a favorite maxim in the New Testament; cf. 1 Cor 13:7; Jas 5:20; 1 Pt 4:8. Cf. also Prv 17:9.
  2. 10:13 An unusual juxtaposition of “lips” and “back.” Those who have no wisdom on their lips (words) are fated to feel a punishing rod on their back.