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Proverbs 21:23-30 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

23. Anyone who is careful about what he says keeps himself out of trouble.

24. A proud person is called a "mocker." He thinks much too highly of himself.

25. Some people will die while they are still hungry. That's because their hands refuse to work.

26. All day long they hunger for more. But godly people give without holding back.

27. God hates sacrifices that are brought by evil people. He hates it even more when they bring them for the wrong reason.

28. Witnesses who aren't honest will die. And anyone who listens to them will be destroyed forever.

29. A sinful man tries to look as if he were bold. But an honest person thinks about how he lives.

30. No wisdom, wise saying or plan can succeed against the Lord.

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