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19 It is better to be poor and honest,
    than to be a fool who speaks lies.
If you want to do something but you do not know how to do it,
    that is dangerous!
    If you hurry to do it, you will get into trouble.
Some people do silly things and so they destroy themselves.
    Then they get angry with the Lord.

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

Desire without knowledge is not good—
    how much more will hasty feet miss the way!(B)

A person’s own folly(C) leads to their ruin,
    yet their heart rages against the Lord.(D)

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