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Proverbs 21:23-26
Living Bible
Proverbs 21:23-26
Living Bible
23 Keep your mouth closed and you’ll stay out of trouble.
24 Mockers are proud, haughty, and arrogant.
25-26 The lazy man longs for many things, but his hands refuse to work. He is greedy to get, while the godly love to give!
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Proverbs 21:23-25
New International Version
Proverbs 21:23-25
New International Version
24 The proud and arrogant person(C)—“Mocker” is his name—
behaves with insolent fury.
25 The craving of a sluggard will be the death of him,(D)
because his hands refuse to work.
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