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With wickedness comes contempt,
    and with disgrace, scorn.
The words of one’s mouth are deep waters,
    the spring of wisdom, a running brook.[a](A)
It is not good to favor the guilty,
    nor to reject the claim of the just.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 18:4 Words express a person’s thoughts (“deep waters”), which in turn become accessible to others. Cf. 20:5a.