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Proverbs 18:12-14
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

12 Before disaster the heart is haughty,(A)
    but before honor is humility.
13 Whoever answers before listening,(B)
    theirs is folly and shame.[a]
14 One’s spirit supports one when ill,
    but a broken spirit who can bear?[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 18:13 To speak without first listening is characteristic of a fool; cf. 10:14; Sir 11:8.
  2. 18:14 The paradox is that something as slight as a column of air offers protection against the encroachment of death. If it is stilled, nothing, no matter how powerful, can substitute for it.
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