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A righteous man (A)hates a lying word,
But a wicked man [a](B)acts odiously and is humiliated.

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

The righteous hates a word of falsehood;
    the wicked will bring shame and disgrace.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 13:5 Literally “he will bring disgrace”

23 (A)Abundant food is in the fallow ground of the poor,
But [a]it is swept away by injustice.

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  1. Proverbs 13:23 Lit there is what is swept

23 There is much food in the field of the poor,
    but it is swept away[a] by injustice.[b]

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  1. Proverbs 13:23 Literally “there is sweeping away”
  2. Proverbs 13:23 Literally “no justice”