The Malicious Man

12 A worthless person,(A) a wicked man
goes around speaking dishonestly,(B)

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12 A troublemaker and a villain,
    who goes about with a corrupt mouth,

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28 A worthless witness mocks justice,
and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.(A)

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28 A corrupt witness mocks at justice,
    and the mouth of the wicked gulps down evil.(A)

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23 Smooth[a] lips with an evil heart
are like glaze on an earthen vessel.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 26:23 LXX; MT reads Burning

23 Like a coating of silver dross on earthenware
    are fervent[a] lips with an evil heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:23 Hebrew; Septuagint smooth

And the tongue is a fire. The tongue, a world of unrighteousness, is placed[a] among our members. It stains the whole body,(A) sets the course of life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:6 Or places itself, or appoints itself

The tongue also is a fire,(A) a world of evil among the parts of the body. It corrupts the whole body,(B) sets the whole course of one’s life on fire, and is itself set on fire by hell.(C)

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