My soul is among lions;
I lie among the sons of men
Who are set on fire,
(A)Whose teeth are spears and arrows,
And their tongue a sharp sword.

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I am in the midst of lions;(A)
    I am forced to dwell among ravenous beasts—
men whose teeth are spears and arrows,
    whose tongues are sharp swords.(B)

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22 For they are life to those who find them,
And health to all their flesh.

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22 for they are life to those who find them
    and health to one’s whole body.(A)

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A [a]wholesome tongue is a tree of life,
But perverseness in it breaks the spirit.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 15:4 Lit. healing

The soothing tongue(A) is a tree of life,(B)
    but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.(C)

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