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Inappropriate Speech

18 A slip on the pavement is better than a slip of the tongue;

the downfall of the wicked will occur just as speedily.

19 A coarse person is like an inappropriate story,

continually on the lips of the ignorant.

20 A proverb from a fool’s lips will be rejected,

for he does not tell it at the proper time.

21 One may be prevented from sinning by poverty;

so when he rests he feels no remorse.

22 One may lose his life through shame,

or lose it because of human respect.g

23 Another out of shame makes promises to a friend,

and so makes an enemy for nothing.

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The original Revised Standard Version served as a standard for nearly forty years. The New Revised Standard Version with Apocrypha maintains the traditions of the older version with fresh new vocabulary and modern English construction.

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