Proverbs 13:3-5

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

³Those who guard their mouths preserve their lives;
    those who open wide their lips come to ruin.
⁴The appetite of the lazy craves, and gets nothing,
    while the appetite of the diligent is richly supplied.
⁵The righteous hate falsehood,
    but the wicked act shamefully and disgracefully.

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