12 If a ruler(A) listens to lies,
    all his officials become wicked.(B)

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12 If a ruler listens to falsehood,
    all his officials will be wicked.

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19 Servants cannot be corrected by mere words;
    though they understand, they will not respond.

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19 By mere words slaves are not disciplined,
    for though they understand, they will not give heed.

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21 A servant pampered from youth
    will turn out to be insolent.

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21 A slave pampered from childhood
    will come to a bad end.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 29.21 Vg: Meaning of Heb uncertain