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14 A house and wealth are an inheritance from fathers,
    but from Yahweh comes a woman[a] who is prudent.
15 Laziness will bring on a deep sleep,
    and a person[b] of idleness will suffer hunger.
16 He who guards commandments guards his life;[c]
    he who is careless of his ways will be killed.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 19:14 Or “wife”
  2. Proverbs 19:15 Or “soul,” or “life”
  3. Proverbs 19:16 Or “soul,” or “inner self”