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14 Your parents may give you riches and a house to live in.
    But only the Lord can give you a wise wife.
15 A lazy person cannot wake up from sleep.
    If he does no work, he will always be hungry.
16 If you obey God's commands, you will keep your life safe.
    If you do not respect his teaching, you will die.

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14 Houses and wealth are inherited from parents,(A)
    but a prudent wife is from the Lord.(B)

15 Laziness brings on deep sleep,
    and the shiftless go hungry.(C)

16 Whoever keeps commandments keeps their life,
    but whoever shows contempt for their ways will die.(D)

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