[a](A)Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool,
Much less are (B)lying lips to a prince.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:7 Lit A lip of abundance

Eloquent words are not appropriate on a fool’s lips;
how much worse are lies for a ruler.

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10 A rebuke goes deeper into one who has understanding
Than a hundred blows into a fool.

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10 A rebuke cuts into a perceptive person
more than a hundred lashes into a fool.

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12 Let a (A)person meet a (B)bear robbed of her cubs,
Rather than a fool in his foolishness.

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12 Better for a person to meet a bear robbed of her cubs(A)
than a fool in his foolishness.

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16 Why is there money in the hand of a fool to (A)buy wisdom,
When [a]he has no sense?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:16 Lit there is no heart

16 Why does a fool have money in his hand
with no intention of buying wisdom?(A)

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24 Wisdom is in the presence of one who has understanding,
But the (A)eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
25 A (B)foolish son is a grief to his father,
And (C)bitterness to her who gave birth to him.

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24 Wisdom is the focus of the perceptive,
but a fool’s eyes(A) roam to the ends of the earth.

25 A foolish son is grief to his father
and bitterness to the one who bore him.(B)

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28 Even a fool, when he (A)keeps silent, is considered wise;
When he closes his lips, he is considered prudent.

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28 Even a fool is considered wise when he keeps silent—
discerning, when he seals his lips.(A)

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