Proverbs 22:11-13

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¹¹ If you live in a pure way, and you speak kind words,
    you will have the king as your friend.
¹² The Lord watches over truth, to keep it safe.
    But when people tell lies, he makes them useless.
¹³ A lazy person stays in his house.
    He says, ‘There is a lion outside in the street!
    If I go out, it will kill me!’