Tongue Tried and True: Proverbs

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The lip of truth shall be set up forever
But the lying tongue is for a moment
Giving heed to false lips does the evil-doer
And a naughty tongue for a liar's ears is meant
Death and life in the power of the tongue
And he that loves it shall eat the fruit
Speak the truth while you are young
For the froward mouth will kill your youth
Keep your tongue thus your soul from distress
And with an angry facial chase the backbiting mess
A lying tongue hates those it burdens
And a flattering mouth does dilapidation
Rebuke a man then find more favor
Than the man that hides and seeks to flatter



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