25 There is a way that seems right to a man,
    but its end is the way to death.[a]
26 A worker's appetite works for him;
    his (A)mouth urges him on.
27 (B)A worthless man plots evil,
    and his speech[b] is like (C)a scorching fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 16:25 Hebrew ways of death
  2. Proverbs 16:27 Hebrew what is on his lips

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