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An evildoer heeds wicked lips.
    A liar gives ear to a mischievous tongue.

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An evildoer gives heed to false lips;
A liar listens eagerly to a [a]spiteful tongue.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:4 Lit. destructive

A wicked person listens to deceitful lips;
    a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue.

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20 One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity,
    and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.

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20 He who has a [a]deceitful heart finds no good,
And he who has (A)a perverse tongue falls into evil.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:20 crooked

20 One whose heart is corrupt does not prosper;
    one whose tongue is perverse falls into trouble.

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19 Better is the poor who walks in his integrity
    than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.

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The Fear of the Lord Leads to Life

19 Better (A)is the poor who walks in his integrity
Than one who is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

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19 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
    than a fool whose lips are perverse.(A)

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18 Like a madman who shoots torches, arrows, and death,
19     is the man who deceives his neighbor and says, “Am I not joking?”

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18 Like a madman who throws firebrands, arrows, and death,
19 Is the man who deceives his neighbor,
And says, (A)“I was only joking!”

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18 Like a maniac shooting
    flaming arrows of death
19 is one who deceives their neighbor
    and says, “I was only joking!”

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28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts;
    and a flattering mouth works ruin.

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28 A lying tongue hates those who are crushed by it,
And a flattering mouth works (A)ruin.

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28 A lying tongue hates those it hurts,
    and a flattering mouth(A) works ruin.

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