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23 A clever person conceals knowledge,
    but the heart[a] of a fool[b] announces folly.
24 The hand of the diligent ones will rule,
    but the lazy will belong to forced labor.
25 Anxiety in the heart[c] of a man will weigh him down,
    but a good word will cheer him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 12:23 Or “mind”
  2. Proverbs 12:23 Hebrew “fools”
  3. Proverbs 12:25 Or “mind”