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21 If you are kind and faithful, you will live a long life!
    Other people will respect you and they will be kind to you.
22 A wise person can win against a city that is full of strong men.
    He can destroy the strong place that they trust to keep them safe.
23 If you want to keep away from trouble,
    always be careful about what you say.

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21 Whoever pursues righteousness and love
    finds life, prosperity[a](A) and honor.(B)

22 One who is wise can go up against the city of the mighty(C)
    and pull down the stronghold in which they trust.

23 Those who guard their mouths(D) and their tongues
    keep themselves from calamity.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:21 Or righteousness