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Proverbs 15:4-6
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4 Kind words are good medicine,
but deceitful words
    can really hurt.
5 Don't be a fool
and disobey your parents.
    Be smart! Accept correction.
6 Good people become wealthy,
but those who are evil
    will lose what they have.

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Proverbs 15:4-6
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4 The soothing tongue(A) is a tree of life,(B)
    but a perverse tongue crushes the spirit.(C)

5 A fool spurns a parent’s discipline,
    but whoever heeds correction shows prudence.(D)

6 The house of the righteous contains great treasure,(E)
    but the income of the wicked brings ruin.(F)

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