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Treasures obtained by wicked means profit nothing,
    but a righteous life brings delivery from death.
The Lord will not allow the righteous to go hungry,
    but he foils the craving of the wicked.
Idle hands ensure poverty,
    but the hands of the diligent bring riches.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:4 This is a theme that runs throughout the Book: diligence is good and brings prosperity while laziness is bad and leads to unhappy consequences (see Prov 6:6; 12:11, 24, 27; 13:4; 14:23; 15:19; 18:9; 19:15; 27:23-27; 28:19).