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

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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 17:7 Lit A lip of abundance

Fine speech is not becoming to a fool;
    still less is false speech to a prince.

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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 goes deeper into a man of understanding
    than a hundred blows 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 Let a man meet a she-bear robbed of her cubs,
    rather than a fool in his folly.

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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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Notas al pie

  1. Proverbs 17:16 Lit there is no heart

16 Why should a fool have a price in his hand to buy wisdom,
    when he has no mind?

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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 A man of understanding sets his face toward wisdom,
    but the eyes of a fool are on the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son is a grief to his father
    and bitterness to her who bore him.

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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 who keeps silent is considered wise;
    when he closes his lips, he is deemed intelligent.

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