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Proverbs 21:23-25
New Catholic Bible
Proverbs 21:23-25
New Catholic Bible
23 One who guards his mouth and his tongue
will preserve himself from trouble.
24 A scoffer[a] is a proud and insolent man
who is haughty in everything he does.
25 The cravings of the idler[b] will prove fatal,
since his hands will do no work.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:24 Scoffer: see note on Prov 1:22. Such a person is punished because of his pride (see v. 11; 3:34; 19:25, 29).
- Proverbs 21:25 Idler: see note on Prov 6:6.