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(A)Excellent lips are not fitting for a [a]wicked fool,
Even less are (B)lying lips for a noble man.

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  1. Proverbs 17:7 One who rejects wisdom in rebellion against God

26 Like snow in summer and like (A)rain in harvest,
So glory is not (B)fitting for a fool.

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[a](A)folly is set in many exalted places while rich men sit in humble places. I have seen (B)slaves riding (C)on horses and princes walking like slaves on the land.

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  1. Ecclesiastes 10:6 Or simpleminded folly, cf. Eccl 1:17; 2:3, 12, 13; 10:1, 13