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13 A wise son hears his father’s instruction,
    but a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.
From the fruit of his mouth a good man eats good,
    but the desire of the treacherous is for violence.
He who guards his mouth preserves his life;
    he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.

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