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Proverbs 18:19-21
Contemporary English Version
Proverbs 18:19-21
Contemporary English Version
19 Making up with a friend
you have offended[a]
is harder than breaking
through a city wall.
20 Make your words good—
you will be glad you did.
21 Words can bring death or life!
Talk too much, and you will eat
everything you say.
Footnotes
- 18.19 Making … offended: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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