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

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Should a wise man utter vain knowledge, and fill his belly with the east wind?

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

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35 They conceive mischief, and bring forth vanity, and their belly prepareth 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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20 Surely he shall not feel quietness in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.

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

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25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.

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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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20 A man's belly shall be satisfied with the fruit of his mouth; and with the increase of his lips shall he be filled.

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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

27 The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord, searching all the inward parts of the belly.

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

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30 The blueness of a wound cleanseth away evil: so do stripes the inward parts of the belly.

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