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Learn prudence, O simple ones;
    fools, learn intelligence.[a]
Listen! For noble things I will speak,
    and upright things from the opening of my lips.
My mouth will utter truth,
    and wickedness is an abomination to my lips.

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  1. Proverbs 8:5 Literally “heart”

You who are simple,(A) gain prudence;(B)
    you who are foolish, set your hearts on it.[a]
Listen, for I have trustworthy things to say;
    I open my lips to speak what is right.
My mouth speaks what is true,(C)
    for my lips detest wickedness.

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  1. Proverbs 8:5 Septuagint; Hebrew foolish, instruct your minds