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11 If you live in a pure way, and you speak kind words,
    you will have the king as your friend.
12 The Lord watches over truth, to keep it safe.
    But when people tell lies, he makes them useless.
13 A lazy person stays in his house.
    He says, ‘There is a lion outside in the street!
    If I go out, it will kill me!’

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11 One who loves a pure heart and who speaks with grace
    will have the king for a friend.(A)

12 The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
    but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.

13 The sluggard says, “There’s a lion outside!(B)
    I’ll be killed in the public square!”

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