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²Each one of you should please his neighbor unto good, for edification.

²⁸A false tongue does not love truth. And a slippery mouth works ruin.

²³Whoever corrects a man, afterward he shall find favor with him, more so than he who deceives him with a flattering tongue.

³⁰Charm is false, and beauty is vain. The woman who fears the Lord, the same shall be praised.

²Let another praise you, and not your own mouth: an outsider, and not your own lips.

¹²For the Word of God is living and effective: more piercing than any two-edged sword, reaching to the division even between the soul and the spirit, even between the joints and the marrow, and so it discerns the thoughts and intentions of the heart.

¹Do not imitate evil men, nor desire to be among them. ²For their mind meditates on robberies, and their lips speak deceptions. ³By wisdom shall a house be built, and by prudence shall it be strengthened. ⁴By doctrine, the storerooms shall be filled with every substance that is precious and most beautiful. ⁵A wise man is strong, and a well-taught man is robust and valiant. ⁶For war is undertaken in an orderly manner, and safety shall be where there are many counsels.

³²And be kind and merciful to one another, forgiving one another, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.

¹⁶For this reason, we are not insufficient. But it is as though our outer man is corrupted, while our inner man is renewed from day to day.

¹⁷Every excellent gift and every perfect gift is from above, descending from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change, nor any shadow of alteration.

⁴And in response he said, “It has been written: ‘Not by bread alone shall man live, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.’ ”