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Proverbs 27:22-24
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
Proverbs 27:22-24
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
22 Though you pound fools with a pestle,
their folly never leaves them.
23 [a]Take good care of your flocks,
give careful attention to your herds;
24 For wealth does not last forever,
nor even a crown from age to age.
Footnotes
- 27:23–27 A little treatise on farming in the form of admonitions. It proposes the advantages of field and flock over other forms of wealth. Herds are the most productive wealth, for their value does not diminish; they are a source of money, clothing, and food. The thought is conservative and traditional but the development is vivid and concrete.
New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
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