Proverbs 21:4-6

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁴Haughty eyes and a proud heart—
    the lamp of the wicked—are sin.
⁵The plans of the diligent lead surely to abundance,
    but everyone who is hasty comes only to want.
⁶The getting of treasures by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and a snare^[a] of death.

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Proverbs 21:6 Gk: Heb seekers

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