Proverbs 16:24-26

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁴Pleasant words are like a honeycomb,
    sweetness to the soul and health to the body.
²⁵There is a way which seems right to a man,
    but its end is the way to death.^[a]
²⁶A worker’s appetite works for him;
    his mouth urges him on.

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Proverbs 16:25 Heb ways of death

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