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14 They have perversity in their hearts,
    always plotting evil,
    sowing discord.

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19 The false witness who utters lies,
    and the one who sows discord among kindred.

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Whoever overlooks an offense fosters friendship,
    but whoever gossips about it separates friends.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 17:9 A paradox. One finds (love, friend) by concealing (an offense), one loses (a friend) by revealing (a secret). In 10:12 love also covers over a multitude of offenses.

22 The words of a talebearer are like dainty morsels:
    they sink into one’s inmost being.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 26:22 Malicious gossip is compared to delicious food that is swallowed and lodges in the deepest recesses of one’s body. Negative comments are seldom forgotten. Prv 18:8 is a duplicate.

15 A meddlesome tongue drives virtuous women from their homes,
    and robs them of the fruit of their toil.

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