that goeth: Proverbs 11:13, Proverbs 18:8, Proverbs 26:20-22; Leviticus 19:16
meddle: Proverbs 24:21
flattereth: or, enticeth, Proverbs 16:29; Romans 16:18
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Proverbs 20:19
Proverbs 20:19
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