OLD TESTAMENT

Proverbs 16:21

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The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.

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Verse 21. Shall. Hebrew “adds learning,” both to himself and to others. Those who are wise and eloquent, must be preferred before those who have only the former qualification. Calmet.

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