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Wisdom and Temperance

16 A word is the source of every deed;[a]
    a thought, of every act.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 37:16–26 Thoughts determine action. Wisdom is the source of good and life; folly, of evil and death (vv. 16–18). If the fruits of a person’s wisdom benefit himself, he may be praised in his own lifetime; if they benefit others, the praise endures after him, in their lives (vv. 19–26).

18 “Seek counsel from every wise person, and do not think lightly of any useful advice.

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