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Proverbs 17:7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Proverbs 17:7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 Excess speech is not becoming to a fool;
still less is false speech to a ruler.[a]
Footnotes
- 17.7 Or a noble
Sirach 20:24
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Sirach 20:24
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Lying
24 A lie is an ugly blot on a person;
it is continually on the lips of the ignorant.(A)
Sirach 23:16
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Sirach 23:16
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Concerning Sexual Sins
16 Two kinds of individuals multiply sins,
and a third incurs wrath.
Hot passion that blazes like a fire
will not be quenched until it burns itself out;
those who commit incest with their near of kin
will never cease until the fire burns them up.(A)
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