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¹¹Those who love a pure heart and are gracious in speech
will have the king as a friend.
¹²The eyes of the Lord keep watch over knowledge,
but he overthrows the words of the faithless.
¹³The lazy person says, “There is a lion outside!
I shall be killed in the streets!”
¹⁴The mouth of a loose woman is a deep pit;
he with whom the Lord is angry falls into it.
¹⁵Folly is bound up in the heart of a boy,
but the rod of discipline drives it far away.
¹⁶Oppressing the poor in order to enrich oneself,
and giving to the rich, will lead only to loss. ¹⁷The words of the wise:

Incline your ear and hear my words,
and apply your mind to my teaching;
¹⁸for it will be pleasant if you keep them within you,
if all of them are ready on your lips.
¹⁹So that your trust may be in the Lord,
I have made them known to you today—yes, to you.
²⁰Have I not written for you thirty sayings
of admonition and knowledge,