Proverbs 18:9-11

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁹One who is slack in work
    is close kin to a vandal.
¹⁰The name of the Lord is a strong tower;
    the righteous run into it and are safe.
¹¹The wealth of the rich is their strong city;
    in their imagination it is like a high wall.

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