Proverbs 21:23-25

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²³To watch over mouth and tongue
    is to keep out of trouble.
²⁴The proud, haughty person, named “Scoffer,”
    acts with arrogant pride.
²⁵The craving of the lazy person is fatal,
    for lazy hands refuse to labor.

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