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in order to safeguard[a] discretion,[b]
and that your lips may guard knowledge.

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  1. Proverbs 5:2 tn Heb “keep, protect, guard.”
  2. Proverbs 5:2 sn This “discretion” is the same word in 1:4; it is wise, prudential consideration, careful planning, or the ability to devise plans with a view to the best way to carry them out. If that ability is retained then temptations to digress will not interfere.

that you may maintain discretion
    and your lips may preserve knowledge.

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