Catholic Public Domain Version
"The just shall detest a lying word. But the impious confound and will be confounded. "
— Proverbs 13:5, Catholic Public Domain Version
“A righteous man hateth lying: but a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame.”
“A righteous man hateth lying; But a wicked man is loathsome, and cometh to shame. ”
“The righteous person will reject anything false, but the wicked person will act in shameful disgrace.”
“The just shall hate a lying word: but the wicked confoundeth, and shall be confounded.”
“The upright man is a hater of false words: the evil-doer gets a bad name and is put to shame.”
From the fruit of his own mouth, a man shall be satisfied with good things. But the soul of betrayers is iniquity.
Whoever guards his mouth guards his soul. But whoever gives no consideration to his speech shall experience misfortunes.
The lazy one is willing and then not willing. But the soul of he who labors shall be made fat.
The just shall detest a lying word. But the impious confound and will be confounded.
Justice guards the way of the innocent. But impiety undermines the sinner.
One is like the rich, though he has nothing. And another is like the poor, though he has many riches.
The redemption of a man’s life is his riches. But he who is poor cannot tolerate correction.