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If you have good sense,
    you will listen and obey;
if all you do is talk foolishly,
    you will destroy yourself.
You will be safe,
    if you always do right,
but you will get caught,
    if you are dishonest.
10 Deceit causes trouble,
and foolish talk
    will bring you to ruin.[a]
11 The words of good people
    are a source of life,
but evil hides behind
    the words of the wicked.

12 (A) Hatred stirs up trouble;
love overlooks the wrongs
    that others do.
13 If you have good sense,
    it will show when you speak.
But if you are stupid,
you will be beaten
    with a stick.

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Footnotes

  1. 10.10 and foolish … ruin: One ancient translation “but you can help people by correcting them.”

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