Proverbs 13:9-11

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

⁹The light of the righteous rejoices,
    but the lamp of the wicked goes out.
¹⁰By insolence the heedless make strife,
    but wisdom is with those who take advice.
¹¹Wealth hastily gained^[a] will dwindle,
    but those who gather little by little will increase it.

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Proverbs 13:11 Gk Vg: Heb from vanity

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