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28 A lying tongue hates [a]those it crushes,
And a (A)flattering mouth works ruin.

Instructions and Warnings

27 (B)Do not boast about tomorrow,
For you (C)do not know what a day may bring forth.
Let a (D)stranger praise you, and not your own mouth;
A foreigner, and not your own lips.

Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 26:28 Lit its crushed ones