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19 In many words, transgression is not lacking,
    but he who restrains his lips is prudent.
20 Choice silver is a tongue of righteousness,
    a heart[a] of wickedness is of little worth.[b]
21 Lips of righteousness feed many,
    but fools die for lack of sense.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:20 Or “mind”
  2. Proverbs 10:20 Literally “like a little”
  3. Proverbs 10:21 Literally “in the lack of heart, they die”