17 Anyone tormented by the guilt of murder
    will seek refuge(A) in the grave;
    let no one hold them back.

18 The one whose walk is blameless is kept safe,(B)
    but the one whose ways are perverse will fall(C) into the pit.[a]

19 Those who work their land will have abundant food,
    but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.(D)

20 A faithful person will be richly blessed,
    but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:18 Syriac (see Septuagint); Hebrew into one

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