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28 Don’t testify against your neighbors without cause;
    don’t lie about them.

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28 Do not be a (A)witness against your neighbor for no reason,
And (B)do not deceive with your lips.

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Better to be poor and honest
    than to be dishonest and rich.

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(A)Better is a poor person who walks in his integrity,
Than a person who is [a]crooked, though he is rich.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:6 Lit perverse of two ways

13 People who conceal their sins will not prosper,
    but if they confess and turn from them, they will receive mercy.

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13 One who (A)conceals his wrongdoings will not prosper,
But one who (B)confesses and abandons them will find compassion.

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23 In the end, people appreciate honest criticism
    far more than flattery.

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23 One who (A)rebukes a person will afterward find more favor
Than one who (B)flatters with the tongue.

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