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Proverbs 18:5-7
Common English Bible

5 Favoring the wicked isn’t good;
    it denies justice to the righteous.
6 The lips of fools make accusations;
    their mouths elicit beatings.
7 The mouth of fools is their ruin;
    their lips are a trap for their lives.

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Proverbs 18:5-7
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5 It is not good to be partial to the wicked(A)
    and so deprive the innocent of justice.(B)

6 The lips of fools bring them strife,
    and their mouths invite a beating.(C)

7 The mouths of fools are their undoing,
    and their lips are a snare(D) to their very lives.(E)

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