Holy Scripture
Proverbs 16:24
A church father on this verse
“This course … will bring you honor and true glory. With your ears opened to give heed and your hands ready to execute the command you have heard, let your tongue be silent and keep your heart under custody. Be slow and dull for idle talk but knowing and wise in hearkening to the saving words of the holy Scriptures. Le…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
24Good words are honeycombs, And the sweetness thereof is a healing of the soul.
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22Understanding is a fountain of life to its possessors; But the instruction of fools is evil.
23The heart of the wise will discern the things which proceed from his own mouth; And on his lips he will wear knowledge.
— Proverbs 16:24 —
25There are ways that seem to be right to a man, But the end of them looks to the depth of hell.
26A man who labors, labors for himself, and drives from him his own ruin.