Fine speech is not (A)becoming to a fool;
    still less is (B)false speech to 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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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:7 Lit A lip of abundance

26 (A)To impose a fine on a righteous man is not good,
    nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

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26 It is also not good to (A)fine the righteous,
Nor to strike the noble for their uprightness.

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