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10 Like an archer who wounds everyone,
    so is he who hires a fool or he who hires passersby.

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24 On his lips, an enemy will pretend,
    but inside[a] he will harbor deceit.
25 When he makes his voice gracious, do not believe him,
    for seven abominations are in his heart.
26 Though hatred is covered with guile,
    its evil will be exposed in the assembly.
27 He who digs a pit, in it he will fall,
    and he who rolls a stone, on him it will come back.
28 A tongue of deceit hates its victim,
    and a flattering mouth makes ruin.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:24 Literally “in his midst”

The wounds of a friend mean well,
    but the kisses of an enemy are profane.

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A strong man who flatters his neighbor
    is spreading a net for his feet.

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