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30 Whoever winks an eye plans perversity;
    whoever purses the lips does evil.[a]
31 Gray hair is a crown of glory;(A)
    it is gained by a life that is just.
32 The patient are better than warriors,
    and those who rule their temper, better than the conqueror of a city.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 16:30 A restless or twitching eye or lip betrays the condition of the heart (cf. 6:13).

30 Whoever winks(A) with their eye is plotting perversity;
    whoever purses their lips is bent on evil.

31 Gray hair is a crown of splendor;(B)
    it is attained in the way of righteousness.

32 Better a patient person than a warrior,
    one with self-control than one who takes a city.

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