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22 People who want to do evil things have lost their way.
    But those who want to do good things show faithful love.
23 If you work hard, something good will come.
    But if you only talk about it, you will become poor.
24 For wise people, their riches are like a crown of honour.
    But fools only work to get foolish things.

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22 Do not those who plot evil go astray?(A)
    But those who plan what is good find[a] love and faithfulness.

23 All hard work brings a profit,
    but mere talk leads only to poverty.

24 The wealth of the wise is their crown,
    but the folly of fools yields folly.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 14:22 Or show