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A poor person’s brothers all hate him.
Even his friends keep their distance from him!
Though he pursues them with words, they are not there.
A person who acquires intelligence[a] loves his life.[b]
A person who guards understanding finds a good thing.
A false witness will not go unpunished.
He breathes lies, and he will perish.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:8 Literally heart
  2. Proverbs 19:8 Or his soul