9 Argue your case with your neighbor without betraying another’s confidence,
Proverbs 25:9
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Sirach 19:7–9
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Proverbs 24:27–29
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Sirach 7:11–13
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Testament of Gad 2:4–6
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Sirach 19:13–15
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Sirach 31:14–16
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Sirach 8:17–19
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Proverbs 3:28–30
28 Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means. 29 Do not devise evil against your neighbor, for he trustfully dwells beside you. 30 Do not accuse a man without cause, when he has done you no harm.
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