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(A)A false witness will not go unpunished,
    and he who (B)breathes out lies will not escape.
Many seek the favour of a generous man,[a]
    and everyone is a friend to a man who gives (C)gifts.
(D)All a poor man's brothers hate him;
    (E)how much more do his friends go far from him!
He pursues them with words, but does not have them.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:6 Or of a noble
  2. Proverbs 19:7 The meaning of the Hebrew sentence is uncertain