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Proverbs 18:11-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

11 The wealth of the rich is their strong city;(A)
    they fancy it a high wall.
12 Before disaster the heart is haughty,(B)
    but before honor is humility.
13 Whoever answers before listening,(C)
    theirs is folly and shame.[a]

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  1. 18:13 To speak without first listening is characteristic of a fool; cf. 10:14; Sir 11:8.
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