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Proverbs 24:8-10
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 24:8-10
New Catholic Bible
8 Anyone who plans to do evil
earns a reputation for intrigue.
9 The intrigues of fools are sinful,[a]
and men find the scoffer abhorrent.
10 If you lose heart in time of adversity,
your strength will indeed be limited.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 24:9 The intrigues of fools are sinful: see Prov 1:11-16; 9:13-18. Men find the scoffer abhorrent: because he is arrogant and abusive (Prov 9:7), and a fomenter of strife (Prov 22:10). See also note on Prov 1:22.