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An evildoer listens closely to wicked lips;
And a liar pays attention to a destructive and malicious tongue.

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He who has a crooked mind finds no good,
And he who is perverted in his language falls into evil.^(A)

19 Better is a poor man who walks in his integrity
Than a [rich] man who is twisted in his speech and is a [shortsighted] fool.

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Like a madman who throws
Firebrands, arrows, and death,
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So is the man who deceives his neighbor (acquaintance, friend)
And then says, “Was I not joking?”^(A)

²⁸ 
A lying tongue hates those it wounds and crushes,
And a flattering mouth works ruin.