28 Anyone trusting in his riches will fall,(A)
but the righteous will flourish like foliage.(B)

29 The one who brings ruin on his household(C)
will inherit the wind,(D)
and a fool will be a slave
to someone whose heart is wise.

30 The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life,(E)
but violence[a] takes lives.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 11:30 LXX, Syr; MT reads but a wise one

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