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You will (A)vomit up [a]the morsel you have eaten,
And you will corrupt your pleasant words.

(B)Do not speak in the [b]hearing of a fool,
For he will (C)despise the insight of your speech.

10 Do not move the ancient boundary
And do not (D)come into the fields of the orphans,

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  1. Proverbs 23:8 Lit your
  2. Proverbs 23:9 Lit ears

You will vomit up the little you have eaten
    and will have wasted your compliments.

Saying 10

Do not speak to fools,
    for they will scorn your prudent words.(A)

Saying 11

10 Do not move an ancient boundary stone(B)
    or encroach on the fields of the fatherless,

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