Proverbs 14:3-5

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

³The talk of fools is a rod for their backs,^[a]
    but the lips of the wise preserve them.
⁴Where there are no oxen, there is no grain;
    abundant crops come by the strength of the ox.
⁵A faithful witness does not lie,
    but a false witness breathes out lies.

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Proverbs 14:3 Cn: Heb a rod of pride

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