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10 [a]Like an archer who wounds everyone,
So is he who hires a fool or who hires those who pass by.

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  1. Proverbs 26:10 Or A master workman produces all things, But he who hires a fool is like one who hires those who pass by

10 Like an archer who wounds everybody
    is he who hires a passing fool or drunkard.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 26:10 The Hebrew text of this verse is uncertain

27 He who (A)digs a pit will fall into it,
And he who rolls a stone, it will turn back on him.

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27 He who digs a pit will fall into it,
    and a stone will come back upon him who starts it rolling.

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