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Proverbs 10:17

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  1. Proverbs 10:15

    The rich man’s wealth is his strong city: the destruction of the poor is their poverty.

  2. Proverbs 10:16

    The labour of the righteous tendeth to life: the fruit of the wicked to sin.

  3. Proverbs 10:18

    He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.

  4. Proverbs 10:19

    In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.

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Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.