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Proverbs 19:11

Proverbs 19:11

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discretion: or, prudence

deferreth: Proverbs 12:16, Proverbs 14:29, Proverbs 15:18, Proverbs 16:32, Proverbs 17:14; Colossians 3:12-13; James 1:19

and: Proverbs 16:32, Proverbs 20:3, Proverbs 25:21; Genesis 50:15-21; Matthew 5:44-45, Matthew 18:21-22; Romans 12:18-21; Ephesians 4:32, Ephesians 5:1

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