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Causing trouble is all they ever think about; every time they open their mouth someone is going to be hurt.

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Homes are built on the foundation of wisdom and understanding.[a] Where there is knowledge, the rooms are furnished with valuable, beautiful things.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 24:3 Homes … understanding; or It takes care to lay the foundations of a house, and skill to build it.

for their hearts plot violence,(A)
    and their lips talk about making trouble.(B)

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By wisdom a house is built,(C)
    and through understanding it is established;
through knowledge its rooms are filled
    with rare and beautiful treasures.(D)

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For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief.

Through wisdom is an house builded; and by understanding it is established:

And by knowledge shall the chambers be filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

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