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19 ·Truth [L Truthful lips] will continue forever,
but ·lies are [L a lying tongue lasts] only for a moment.

20 Those who plan evil are full of ·lies [deceit],
but those who ·plan [advise] peace are happy.

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19 Truthful lips will endure forever,
But a (A)lying tongue is only for a moment.
20 Deceit is in the heart of those who devise evil,
But counselors of peace have joy.

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22 The Lord ·hates [detests] ·those who tell lies [false lips]
but ·is pleased with [favors] those who ·keep their promises [do what is true].

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22 (A)Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord,
But those who deal faithfully are His delight.

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·Good [Righteous] people hate what is false,
but the wicked do shameful and disgraceful things.

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A righteous person (A)hates a false statement,
But a wicked person [a](B)acts disgustingly and shamefully.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:5 Lit causes a bad odor and causes shame

26 An honest answer is as pleasing
as a kiss on the lips.

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26 One who gives [a]a right answer
Kisses the lips.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:26 Or an honest

18 Like a madman shooting
    deadly, burning arrows
19 is the one who ·tricks [deceives] a neighbor
    and then says, “I was just joking.”

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18 Like a maniac who shoots
(A)Flaming arrows, arrows, and death,
19 So is a person who (B)deceives his neighbor,
And says, “(C)Was I not joking?”

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