OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 13:2

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By the fruit of his lips, a man enjoys good things, but the unfaithful crave violence.

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Verse 2. Mouth. In reward of his good speeches. Calmet.—Septuagint “of justice the good man eateth; but the souls of the lawless perish before the time.” Calmet. 12:13.

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