12 A troublemaker and a villain,
    who goes about with a corrupt mouth,

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28 A corrupt witness mocks at justice,
    and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.(A)

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23 Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware
    are fervent[a] lips with an evil heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:23 Hebrew; Septuagint smooth

The tongue also is a fire,(A) a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body,(B) sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.(C)

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