To do what is right and just
    is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.

Haughty eyes and a proud heart –
    the unploughed field of the wicked – produce sin.

The plans of the diligent lead to profit
    as surely as haste leads to poverty.

A fortune made by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapour and a deadly snare.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapour for those who seek death

To do what is right and just
    is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice.(A)

Haughty eyes(B) and a proud heart—
    the unplowed field of the wicked—produce sin.

The plans of the diligent lead to profit(C)
    as surely as haste leads to poverty.

A fortune made by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.[a](D)

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  1. Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death