Should this abundance of words(A) go unanswered
and such a talker[a] be acquitted?

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Footnotes

  1. 11:2 Lit a man of lips

“Are all these words to go unanswered?(A)
    Is this talker to be vindicated?(B)

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19 When there are many words, sin is unavoidable,
but the one who controls his lips is prudent.(A)

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19 Sin is not ended by multiplying words,
    but the prudent hold their tongues.(A)

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Just as dreams accompany much labor, so also a fool’s voice comes with many words.(A)

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A dream(A) comes when there are many cares,
    and many words mark the speech of a fool.(B)

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