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21 Trouble chases sinners wherever they go, but good things happen to good people.

22 It is good to have something to pass down to your grandchildren. But wealth hidden away by sinners will be given to those who live right.

23 The poor might have good land that produces plenty of food, but bad decisions can take it away.[a]

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  1. Proverbs 13:23 Or “The fields of the poor might produce plenty of food, but the unjust often take it away.”

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