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28:1  The vengeful will face the Lord’s vengeance; indeed he remembers their sins in detail.
28:2  Forgive your neighbor the wrong done to you; then when you pray, your own sins will be forgiven.
28:3  Does anyone nourish anger against another and expect healing from the Lord?
28:4  Can one refuse mercy to a sinner like oneself, yet seek pardon for one’s own sins?
28:5  If a mere mortal cherishes wrath, who will forgive his sins?
28:6  Remember your last days and set enmity aside; remember death and decay, and cease from sin!
28:7  Remember the commandments and do not be angry with your neighbor; remember the covenant of the Most High, and overlook faults.
28:8  Avoid strife and your sins will be fewer, for the hot-tempered kindle strife;
28:9  The sinner disrupts friendships and sows discord among those who are at peace.
28:10  The more the wood, the greater the fire, the more the cruelty, the fiercer the strife; The greater the strength, the sterner the anger, the greater the wealth, the greater the wrath.
28:11  Pitch and resin make fire flare up, and a hasty quarrel provokes bloodshed.
28:12  If you blow on a spark, it turns into flame, if you spit on it, it dies out; yet both you do with your mouth!
28:13  Cursed be gossips and the double-tongued, for they destroy the peace of many.
28:14  A meddlesome tongue subverts many, and makes them refugees among peoples. It destroys strong cities, and overthrows the houses of the great.
28:15  A meddlesome tongue drives virtuous women from their homes, and robs them of the fruit of their toil.
28:16  Whoever heed it will find no rest, nor will they dwell in peace.
28:17  A blow from a whip raises a welt, but a blow from the tongue will break bones.
28:18  Many have fallen by the edge of the sword, but not as many as by the tongue.
28:19  Happy the one who is sheltered from it, and has not endured its wrath; Who has not borne its yoke nor been bound with its chains.
28:20  For its yoke is a yoke of iron, and its chains are chains of bronze;
28:21  The death it inflicts is an evil death, even Sheol is preferable to it.
28:22  It will have no power over the godly, nor will they be burned in its flame.
28:23  But those who forsake the Lord will fall victim to it, as it burns among them unquenchably; It will hurl itself against them like a lion, and like a leopard, it will tear them to pieces.
28:24  As you fence in your property with thorns, so make a door and a bolt for your mouth.
28:25  As you lock up your silver and gold, so make balances and scales for your words.
28:26  Take care not to slip by your tongue and fall victim to one lying in ambush.