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Proverbs 16:24-33 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

24. Well ordered words are as a honeycomb: sweet to the soul, and health to the bones.

25. There is a way that seemeth to a man right: and the ends thereof lead to death.

26. The soul of him that laboureth, laboureth for himself, because his mouth hath obliged him to it.

27. The wicked man diggeth evil, and in his lips is a burning fire.

28. A perverse man stirreth up quarrels: and one full of words separateth princes.

29. An unjust man allureth his friend: and leadeth him into a way that is not good

30. He that with fixed eyes deviseth wicked things, biting his lips, bringeth: evil to pass.

31. Old age is a crown of dignity, when it is found in the ways of justice.

32. The patient man is better than the valiant: and he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh cities.

33. Lots are cast into the lap, but they are disposed of by the Lord.

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