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12 In the presence of destruction, the heart[a] of a man will be haughty,
    but in the presence of honor, humble.
13 He who returns a word before he will hear,
    folly itself belongs to him as well as[b] shame.
14 The spirit of a man will endure his sickness,
    but a broken spirit, who may bear it?

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 18:12 Or “mind”
  2. Proverbs 18:13 Hebrew “and”