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30 Lions are the proudest animals.
    They are strong and run from nothing.
31 Roosters and male goats strut proudly.
    And so does a king when his army is around him.

32 “You may have been foolish and proud.
    If you planned evil, cover your mouth.

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30 a lion, mighty among beasts,
    who retreats before nothing;
31 a strutting rooster, a he-goat,
    and a king secure against revolt.[a]

32 “If you play the fool and exalt yourself,
    or if you plan evil,
    clap your hand over your mouth!(A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:31 The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.