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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.

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Footnotes

  1. 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).
  2. Proverbs 21:25 Idler: see note on Prov 6:6.