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He who keeps his mouth guards his life;[a]
    he who opens his lips, ruin belongs to him.
The soul[b] of the lazy craves, but there is nothing,
    but the person of diligence is richly supplied.
The righteous hates a word of falsehood;
    the wicked will bring shame and disgrace.[c]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:3 Or “soul,” or “inner self”
  2. Proverbs 13:4 Or “life”
  3. Proverbs 13:5 Literally “he will bring disgrace”