In the mouth of the foolish is the [a]rod of pride: but the lips of the wise preserve them.

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  1. Proverbs 14:3 His proud tongue shall cause him to be punished.

Depart from the foolish man, when thou perceivest not in him the lips of knowledge.

The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the foolishness of the fools is deceit.

The fool maketh a mock of [a]sin: but among the righteous there is favor.

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  1. Proverbs 14:9 Doth not know the grievousness thereof, nor God’s judgments against the same.

15 The foolish will believe everything: but the prudent will consider his steps.

16 A wise man feareth, and departeth from evil, but a fool rageth, and is careless.

17 He that is hasty to anger, commiteth folly, and a [a]busybody is hated.

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  1. Proverbs 14:17 Hebrew, the man of imaginations.

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