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Anger is cruel, and fury is overwhelming,
    but who can survive jealousy?

Open criticism is better than unexpressed love.
Wounds made by a friend are intended to help,
    but an enemy’s kisses are too much to bear.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:6 Hebrew meaning of “are too much to bear” uncertain.

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