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23 In all toil, there is profit,
    but the talk[a] of lips leads only to poverty.
24 The crown of the wise is their wealth;
    the folly of fools is folly.
25 He who saves lives[b] is a witness of truth,
    but he who utters lies is a betrayer.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:23 Literally “word, matter, thing”
  2. Proverbs 14:25 Or “souls,” or “inner selves”