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17 Whoever loves pleasure will suffer want;
    whoever loves wine and oil will not be rich.

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17 Whoever loves pleasure will become poor;
    whoever loves wine and olive oil will never be rich.(A)

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21 for the drunkard and the glutton will come to poverty,
    and drowsiness will clothe them with rags.(A)

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21 for drunkards and gluttons become poor,(A)
    and drowsiness clothes them in rags.

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but the widow[a] who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.(A)

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  1. 5.6 Gk she

But the widow who lives for pleasure is dead even while she lives.(A)

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treacherous, reckless, swollen with conceit, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God,(A)

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treacherous,(A) rash, conceited,(B) lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God—

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24 He called out, ‘Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, for I am in agony in these flames.’(A) 25 But Abraham said, ‘Child, remember that during your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus in like manner evil things, but now he is comforted here, and you are in agony.(B)

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24 So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham,(A) have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’(B)

25 “But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things,(C) but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.(D)

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13 A few days later the younger son gathered all he had and traveled to a distant region, and there he squandered his wealth in dissolute living. 14 When he had spent everything, a severe famine took place throughout that region, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to one of the citizens of that region, who sent him to his fields to feed the pigs. 16 He would gladly have filled his stomach[a] with the pods that the pigs were eating, and no one gave him anything.

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  1. 15.16 Other ancient authorities read filled himself

13 “Not long after that, the younger son got together all he had, set off for a distant country and there squandered his wealth(A) in wild living. 14 After he had spent everything, there was a severe famine in that whole country, and he began to be in need. 15 So he went and hired himself out to a citizen of that country, who sent him to his fields to feed pigs.(B) 16 He longed to fill his stomach with the pods that the pigs were eating, but no one gave him anything.

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20 Precious treasure remains[a] in the house of the wise,
    but the fool devours it.(A)

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  1. 21.20 Gk: Heb and oil

20 The wise store up choice food and olive oil,
    but fools gulp theirs down.

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10 and strangers take their fill of your wealth,
    and your labors go to the house of an alien,
11 and at the end of your life you groan,
    when your flesh and body are consumed,

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10 lest strangers feast on your wealth
    and your toil enrich the house of another.(A)
11 At the end of your life you will groan,
    when your flesh and body are spent.

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