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The light of the just gives joy,
    but the lamp[a] of the wicked goes out.(A)
10 The stupid sow discord by their insolence,
    but wisdom is with those who take counsel.
11 Wealth won quickly dwindles away,
    but gathered little by little, it grows.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. 13:9 Light…lamp: symbols of life and prosperity; cf. 4:18–19.