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Proverbs 18:8-12 Good News Bible Anglicised (GNBDC)

8. Gossip is so tasty — how we love to swallow it!

9. A lazy person is as bad as someone who is destructive.

10. The Lord is like a strong tower, where the righteous can go and be safe.

11. Rich people, however, imagine that their wealth protects them like high, strong walls round a city.

12. No one is respected unless he is humble; arrogant people are on the way to ruin.

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