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13 A wise child loves discipline,[a]
    but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
From the fruit of their words good people eat good things,
    but the desire of the treacherous is for wrongdoing.
Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives;
    those who open wide their lips come to ruin.

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  1. Proverbs 13:1 Cn: Heb A wise child the discipline of his father

13 A wise son heeds his father’s instruction,
    but a mocker does not respond to rebukes.(A)

From the fruit of their lips people enjoy good things,(B)
    but the unfaithful have an appetite for violence.

Those who guard their lips(C) preserve their lives,(D)
    but those who speak rashly will come to ruin.(E)

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