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14 Those who are wise store up knowledge,
    but when the fool speaks,[a] destruction is near.
15 The rich hide within the fortress that is their wealth,
    but the poor are dismayed due to their poverty.

16 Honorable wages lead[b] to life;
    the salaries of the wicked, to retribution.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:14 Lit. but the mouth of the fool
  2. Proverbs 10:16 The Heb. lacks lead