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19 (A)You cannot correct servants just by talking to them. They may understand you, but they will pay no attention.

20 There is more hope for a stupid fool than for someone who speaks without thinking.

21 If you give your servants everything they want from childhood on, some day they will take over everything you own.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 29:21 they … own; or you will not be able to control them.

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