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An evildoer listens to wicked lips,
    and a liar gives heed to a mischievous tongue.

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An evildoer pays attention to guilty lips;
    a liar listens to a destructive tongue.

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20 The crooked of mind do not prosper,
    and the perverse of tongue fall into calamity.(A)

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20 Those with crooked hearts won’t prosper,
    and those with twisted tongues will fall into trouble.

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19 Better the poor walking in integrity
    than one perverse of speech who is a fool.(A)

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19 Better to be poor and walk in innocence
    than to have dishonest lips and be a fool.

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18 Like a maniac who shoots deadly firebrands and arrows,(A)
19 so is one who deceives a neighbor
    and says, “I am only joking!”(B)

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18 Like a crazy person shooting deadly flaming arrows
19     are those who deceive their neighbor and say, “Hey, I was only joking!”

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28 A lying tongue hates its victims,
    and a flattering mouth works ruin.(A)

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28 A lying tongue hates those it crushes;
    a flattering mouth causes destruction.

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