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The one who (A)guards his mouth keeps his soul;
The one who (B)opens wide his lips [a]comes to ruin.
The soul of the sluggard craves and gets nothing,
But the soul of the diligent is enriched.
A righteous man (C)hates a lying word,
But a wicked man [b](D)acts odiously and is humiliated.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:3 Lit ruin is his
  2. Proverbs 13:5 Lit causes a bad odor and causes shame