Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752

Proverbs 13:3-9 Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision 1752 (DRC1752)

3. He that keepeth his mouth, keepeth his soul: but he that hath no guard on his speech shall meet with evils.

4. The sluggard willeth and willeth not: but the soul of them that work, shall be made fat.

5. The just shall hate a lying word: but the wicked confoundeth, and shall be confounded.

6. Justice keepeth the way of the innocent: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.

7. One is as it were rich, when he hath nothing: and another is as it were poor, when he hath great riches.

8. The ransom of a man's life are his riches: but he that is poor beareth not reprehension.

9. The light of the just giveth joy: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.