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Instead, take up the matter with your neighbor,
    and don’t betray another person’s confidence.
10 Otherwise, anyone who hears will make you ashamed,
    and your bad reputation will never leave you.

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14 Like clouds and winds without rain
    is the man who brags
        about gifts he never gave.

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18 A club, a sword, and a sharp arrow—
    that’s what a man is who lies about his neighbor.

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23 The north wind brings rain,
    and a backbiting tongue an angry look.

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