Proverbs 24:7-12
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 Wisdom is too high for fools;
in the gate they do not open their mouths.(A)
8 Whoever plans to do evil
will be called a mischief-maker.(B)
9 The devising of folly is sin,
and the scoffer is an abomination to all.
10 If you faint in the day of adversity,
your strength being small;(C)
11 if you hold back from rescuing those taken away to death,
those who go staggering to the slaughter;(D)
12 if you say, “Look, we did not know this”—
does not he who weighs the heart perceive it?
Does not he who keeps watch over your soul know it?
And will he not repay all according to their deeds?(E)
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