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The best of them is like a prickly bush,
the most upright like a thorn hedge.
The day of your watchmen—of your visitation—is coming.
Then their confusion will occur.
Do not trust in a friend.
Do not trust in a close companion.
Guard the openings of your mouth
    from her who lies on your breast.
For son treats father with contempt;
daughter rises up against mother;
daughter-in-law against mother-in-law:
a man’s enemies are the people of his own house.[a]

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