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Wisdom 1:11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Wisdom 1:11
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 Therefore guard against profitless grumbling,
and from calumny[a] withhold your tongues;
For a stealthy utterance will not go unpunished,
and a lying mouth destroys the soul.
Footnotes
- 1:11 Calumny: speech against God and divine providence is meant.
Wisdom 1:11
Good News Translation
Wisdom 1:11
Good News Translation
11 So be sure that you do not go around complaining—it does no good—and don't engage in bitter talk. The most secret things you say will have their consequences, and lying will destroy your soul.
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Wisdom 1:11
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Wisdom 1:11
New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
11 Beware then of useless grumbling,
and keep your tongue from slander;
because no secret word is without result,[a]
and a lying mouth destroys the soul.
Footnotes
- Wisdom 1:11 Or will go unpunished
Wisdom 1:11
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
Wisdom 1:11
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
11 Keep yourselves therefore from murmuring, which profiteth nothing, and refrain your tongue from detraction, for an obscure speech shall not go for nought: and the mouth that belieth, killeth the soul.
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New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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