Proverbs 16:26-28

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²⁶The appetite of workers works for them;
    their hunger urges them on.
²⁷Scoundrels concoct evil,
    and their speech is like a scorching fire.
²⁸A perverse person spreads strife,
    and a whisperer separates close friends.

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