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Louis Segond 1910
Le méchant est attentif à la lèvre inique, Le menteur prête l'oreille à la langue pernicieuse.
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A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
A wicked doer giveth heed to false lips; [and] a liar giveth ear to a naughty tongue.
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Patrologia Latina Vol. 102 (Migne)
) . Item de consentientibus: Malus obedit linguae iniquae: et fallax obtemperat labiis mendacibus (Prov. XVII, 4) . Tu ergo, clarissime rex, cave adulatorum lubricas mortiferasque ruinas, et ne sub amicorum specie illorum te decipiant male sanae [Col. 0964C] fallaciae. Audi qu…
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