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12 The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge.
    But he does away with the words of those who aren’t faithful.

13 People who don’t want to work say, “There’s a lion outside!”
    Or they say, “I’ll be murdered if I go out into the streets!”

14 The mouth of a woman who commits adultery is like a deep pit.
    Any man the Lord is angry with falls into it.

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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!(A)
    I’ll be killed in the public square!”

14 The mouth of an adulterous woman is a deep pit;(B)
    a man who is under the Lord’s wrath falls into it.(C)

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