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Treasures of wickedness and ill-gotten gains do not profit,
But righteousness and moral integrity in daily life rescues from death.

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[a](A)Ill-gotten gains do not benefit,
But righteousness rescues from death.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 10:2 Lit Treasures of wickedness

Ill-gotten treasures have no lasting value,(A)
    but righteousness delivers from death.(B)

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11 
Wealth obtained by fraud dwindles,
But he who gathers gradually by [honest] labor will increase [his riches].

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11 Wealth obtained from [a]nothing dwindles,
But one who gathers [b]by labor increases it.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:11 Prob. referring to fraud
  2. Proverbs 13:11 Lit by hand

11 Dishonest money dwindles away,(A)
    but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.

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17 
Food gained by deceit is sweet to a man,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel [just as sin may be sweet at first, but later its consequences bring despair].

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17 (A)Bread obtained by a lie is sweet to a person,
But afterward his mouth will be filled with gravel.

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17 Food gained by fraud tastes sweet,(A)
    but one ends up with a mouth full of gravel.(B)

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21 
An inheritance hastily gained [by greedy, unjust means] at the beginning
Will not be blessed in the end.(A)

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21 An inheritance gained in a hurry at the beginning
Will not be blessed in the end.

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21 An inheritance claimed too soon
    will not be blessed at the end.

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