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Treasures gained by wickedness do not profit,
    but righteousness delivers from death.

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Tainted wealth has no lasting value,
    but right living can save your life.

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

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11 Wealth hastily gotten[a] will dwindle,
    but those who gather little by little will increase it.(A)

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Footnotes

  1. 13.11 Gk Vg: Heb from vanity

11 Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears;
    wealth from hard work grows over time.

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

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17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet,
    but afterward the mouth will be full of gravel.(A)

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17 Stolen bread tastes sweet,
    but it turns to gravel in the mouth.

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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 estate quickly acquired in the beginning
    will not be blessed in the end.(A)

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21 An inheritance obtained too early in life
    is not a blessing in the end.

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

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