Proverbs 21:23-25

Contemporary English Version

²³Watching what you say
can save you
a lot of trouble.
²⁴If you are proud and conceited,
everyone will say,
“You're a snob!”

²⁵If you want too much
and are too lazy to work,
it could be fatal.

Proverbs 21:23-25

New International Version

²³Those who guard their mouths^(A) and their tongues
keep themselves from calamity.^(B)

²⁴The proud and arrogant person^(C)—“Mocker” is his name—
behaves with insolent fury.

²⁵The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,^(D)
because his hands refuse to work.

Contemporary English Version (CEV)

New International Version (NIV)