[a](A)Excellent speech is not fitting for a fool,
Much less are (B)lying lips to a prince.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 17:7 Lit A lip of abundance

Similitudes and Instructions

26 Like snow in summer and like (A)rain in harvest,
So honor is not (B)fitting for a fool.

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(A)foolishness is set in many exalted places while the rich sit in humble places. I have seen (B)slaves riding (C)on horses and princes walking like slaves on the land.

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