By the mouth of a fool comes (A)a rod for his back,[a]
    (B)but the lips of the wise will preserve them.
Where there are no oxen, the manger is clean,
    but abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:3 Or In the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride

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