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Proverbs 13:3-5
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3 Careful words make for a careful life;
    careless talk may ruin everything.

4 Indolence wants it all and gets nothing;
    the energetic have something to show for their lives.

5 A good person hates false talk;
    a bad person wallows in gibberish.

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