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Proverbs 30:8-14 God's Word Translation (GW)

8. Keep vanity and lies far away from me.Don’t give me either poverty or riches.Feed me ⌊only⌋ the food I need,

9. or I may feel satisfied and deny youand say, ‘Who is the Lord?’or I may become poor and stealand give the name of my God a bad reputation.

10. “Do not slander a slave to his master.The slave will curse you,and you will be found guilty.”

11. A certain kind of person curses his fatherand does not bless his mother.

12. A certain kind of person thinks he is purebut is not washed from his own feces.

13. A certain kind of person looks around arrogantlyand is conceited.

14. A certain kind of person,whose teeth are like swordsand whose jaws are ⌊like⌋ knives,devours oppressed people from the earthand people from among humanity.

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