Proverbs 12:5-7

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁵The thoughts of the righteous are just;
    the advice of the wicked is treacherous.
⁶The words of the wicked are a deadly ambush,
    but the speech of the upright delivers them.
⁷The wicked are overthrown and are no more,
    but the house of the righteous will stand.

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