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10 Deceit causes trouble,
and foolish talk
    will bring you to ruin.[a]
11 The words of good people
    are a source of life,
but evil hides behind
    the words of the wicked.

12 (A) Hatred stirs up trouble;
love overlooks the wrongs
    that others do.

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Footnotes

  1. 10.10 and foolish … ruin: One ancient translation “but you can help people by correcting them.”

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