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Excellent speech isn’t fitting for a fool,
    much less do lying lips fit a prince.

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

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  1. Proverbs 17:7 Lit A lip of abundance

10 A rebuke enters deeper into one who has understanding
    than a hundred lashes into a fool.

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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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12 Let a bear robbed of her cubs meet a man,
    rather than a fool in his folly.

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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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16 Why is there money in the hand of a fool to buy wisdom,
    since he has no understanding?

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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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  1. Proverbs 17:16 Lit there is no heart

24 Wisdom is before the face of one who has understanding,
    but the eyes of a fool wander to the ends of the earth.
25 A foolish son brings grief to his father,
    and bitterness to her who bore him.

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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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28 Even a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise.
    When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.

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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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