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Proverbs 10:2-4
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Proverbs 10:2-4
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Proverbs 10:2-4
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Proverbs 10:2-4
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2 Treasures of wickedness profit nothing: but righteousness delivereth from death.
3 The Lord will not suffer the soul of the righteous to famish: but he casteth away the substance of the wicked.
4 He becometh poor that dealeth with a slack hand: but the hand of the diligent maketh rich.
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Proverbs 12:11
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Proverbs 12:11
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11 Those who work their land will have abundant food,
but those who chase fantasies have no sense.(A)
Proverbs 12:11
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Proverbs 12:11
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11 He that tilleth his land shall be satisfied with bread: but he that followeth vain persons is void of understanding.
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Proverbs 15:16
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Proverbs 15:16
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16 Better a little with the fear of the Lord
than great wealth with turmoil.(A)
Proverbs 15:16
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Proverbs 15:16
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16 Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
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Proverbs 15:17
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Proverbs 15:17
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17 Better a small serving of vegetables with love
than a fattened calf with hatred.(A)
Proverbs 15:17
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Proverbs 15:17
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17 Better is a dinner of herbs where love is, than a stalled ox and hatred therewith.
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Proverbs 17:1
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Proverbs 17:1
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17 Better a dry crust with peace and quiet
than a house full of feasting, with strife.(A)
Proverbs 17:1
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Proverbs 17:1
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17 Better is a dry morsel, and quietness therewith, than an house full of sacrifices with strife.
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Proverbs 20:17
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Proverbs 20:17
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Proverbs 20:17
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Proverbs 20:17
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17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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Proverbs 21:5
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Proverbs 21:5
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5 The plans of the diligent lead to profit(A)
as surely as haste leads to poverty.
Proverbs 21:5
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Proverbs 21:5
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5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
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Proverbs 21:6
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Proverbs 21:6
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Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death
Proverbs 21:6
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Proverbs 21:6
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6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
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Proverbs 28:8
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Proverbs 28:8
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Proverbs 28:8
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Proverbs 28:8
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8 He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor.
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Proverbs 28:22
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Proverbs 28:22
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22 The stingy are eager to get rich
and are unaware that poverty awaits them.(A)
Proverbs 28:22
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Proverbs 28:22
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22 He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him.
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Proverbs 6:1-5
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Proverbs 6:1-5
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Warnings Against Folly
6 My son,(A) if you have put up security(B) for your neighbor,(C)
if you have shaken hands in pledge(D) for a stranger,
2 you have been trapped by what you said,
ensnared by the words of your mouth.
3 So do this, my son, to free yourself,
since you have fallen into your neighbor’s hands:
Go—to the point of exhaustion—[a]
and give your neighbor no rest!
4 Allow no sleep to your eyes,
no slumber to your eyelids.(E)
5 Free yourself, like a gazelle(F) from the hand of the hunter,(G)
like a bird from the snare of the fowler.(H)
Footnotes
- Proverbs 6:3 Or Go and humble yourself,
Proverbs 6:1-5
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Proverbs 6:1-5
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6 My son, if thou be surety for thy friend, if thou hast stricken thy hand with a stranger,
2 Thou art snared with the words of thy mouth, thou art taken with the words of thy mouth.
3 Do this now, my son, and deliver thyself, when thou art come into the hand of thy friend; go, humble thyself, and make sure thy friend.
4 Give not sleep to thine eyes, nor slumber to thine eyelids.
5 Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
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Proverbs 17:18
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Proverbs 17:18
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18 One who has no sense shakes hands in pledge
and puts up security for a neighbor.(A)
Proverbs 17:18
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Proverbs 17:18
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18 A man void of understanding striketh hands, and becometh surety in the presence of his friend.
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Proverbs 22:26-27
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Proverbs 22:26-27
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Saying 4
Proverbs 22:26-27
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Proverbs 22:26-27
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26 Be not thou one of them that strike hands, or of them that are sureties for debts.
27 If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
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