21 One who (A)despises his neighbor sins,
But (B)one who is gracious to the [a]poor is blessed.
22 Will they who (C)devise evil not go astray?
But kindness and truth will be to those who devise good.
23 In all labor there is profit,
But [b]mere talk leads only to poverty.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:21 Or afflicted
  2. Proverbs 14:23 Lit word of lips

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