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10 One winking with the eye causes sorrow,
    but a chattering fool will fall.

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10 Those who wink their eyes[a] are trouble makers,
    and the mocking fool will be brought down.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:10 I.e. Those whose looks communicate insincerity
  2. Proverbs 10:10 So MT; LXX reads makers, but the one who reproves publicly makes peace

23 It is a fool’s pleasure to do wickedness,
    but wisdom is a man of understanding’s pleasure.

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23 Just as the fool considers wickedness his joy,
    so is wisdom to the discerning man.

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