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14 The teaching of the wise is (A)a fountain of life,
    that one may (B)turn away from the snares of death.
15 (C)Good sense wins (D)favour,
    but the way of the treacherous is their ruin.[a]
16 (E)In everything the prudent acts with knowledge,
    (F)but a fool flaunts his folly.

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  1. Proverbs 13:15 Probable reading (compare Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate); Hebrew is rugged, or is an enduring rut