“Would a wise person answer with empty notions
    or fill their belly with the hot east wind?(A)

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35 They conceive trouble(A) and give birth to evil;(B)
    their womb fashions deceit.”

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20 “Surely he will have no respite from his craving;(A)
    he cannot save himself by his treasure.(B)

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25 We are brought down to the dust;(A)
    our bodies cling to the ground.

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20 From the fruit of their mouth a person’s stomach is filled;
    with the harvest of their lips they are satisfied.(A)

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27 The human spirit is[a] the lamp of the Lord(A)
    that sheds light on one’s inmost being.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:27 Or A person’s words are

30 Blows and wounds scrub(A) away evil,
    and beatings(B) purge the inmost being.

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