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When the wicked cometh, there cometh also contempt,
And with ignominy cometh reproach.
The words of a man’s mouth are as deep waters;
[a]The wellspring of wisdom is as a flowing brook.
To respect the person of the wicked is not good,
[b]Nor to turn aside the righteous in judgment.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:4 Or, A flowing brook, a wellspring of wisdom
  2. Proverbs 18:5 Or, So as to turn aside