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12 Hope deferred maketh the heart sick; but the desire [that] cometh to pass is a tree of life.

13 Whoso despiseth the word shall be held by it; but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

14 The teaching of the wise [man] is a fountain of life, to turn away from the snares of death.

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