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The best of them is as a brier. And the most righteous of them is sharper than a thorn-hedge. The day of your watchmen and your visitation comes. Then shall be their confusion.

Do not trust in a friend, or put confidence in a counselor. Keep the doors of your mouth from she who lies in your bosom.

For the son reviles the father. The daughter rises up against her mother, the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the men of his own house.

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