Proverbs 11:4
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Proverbs 11:4
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4 Riches profit not in the day of wrath: but righteousness delivereth from death.
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Proverbs 11:16-18
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16 A kindhearted woman gains honor,(A)
but ruthless men gain only wealth.
17 Those who are kind benefit themselves,
but the cruel bring ruin on themselves.
18 A wicked person earns deceptive wages,
but the one who sows righteousness reaps a sure reward.(B)
Proverbs 11:16-18
King James Version
16 A gracious woman retaineth honour: and strong men retain riches.
17 The merciful man doeth good to his own soul: but he that is cruel troubleth his own flesh.
18 The wicked worketh a deceitful work: but to him that soweth righteousness shall be a sure reward.
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Proverbs 11:28
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Proverbs 11:28
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28 He that trusteth in his riches shall fall; but the righteous shall flourish as a branch.
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Proverbs 13:11
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11 Dishonest money dwindles away,(A)
but whoever gathers money little by little makes it grow.
Proverbs 13:11
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11 Wealth gotten by vanity shall be diminished: but he that gathereth by labour shall increase.
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Proverbs 15:16
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16 Better a little with the fear of the Lord
than great wealth with turmoil.(A)
Proverbs 15:16
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16 Better is little with the fear of the Lord than great treasure and trouble therewith.
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Proverbs 15:27
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27 The greedy bring ruin to their households,
but the one who hates bribes will live.(A)
Proverbs 15:27
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27 He that is greedy of gain troubleth his own house; but he that hateth gifts shall live.
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Proverbs 17:8
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8 A bribe is seen as a charm by the one who gives it;
they think success will come at every turn.(A)
Proverbs 17:8
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8 A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
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Proverbs 20:17
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Proverbs 20:17
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17 Bread of deceit is sweet to a man; but afterwards his mouth shall be filled with gravel.
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Proverbs 20:21
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21 An inheritance claimed too soon
will not be blessed at the end.
Proverbs 20:21
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21 An inheritance may be gotten hastily at the beginning; but the end thereof shall not be blessed.
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Proverbs 21:5-7
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5 The plans of the diligent lead to profit(A)
as surely as haste leads to poverty.
7 The violence of the wicked will drag them away,(C)
for they refuse to do what is right.
Footnotes
- Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death
Proverbs 21:5-7
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5 The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.
6 The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death.
7 The robbery of the wicked shall destroy them; because they refuse to do judgment.
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Proverbs 21:14
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14 A gift given in secret soothes anger,
and a bribe concealed in the cloak pacifies great wrath.(A)
Proverbs 21:14
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14 A gift in secret pacifieth anger: and a reward in the bosom strong wrath.
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Proverbs 28:6
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6 Better the poor whose walk is blameless
than the rich whose ways are perverse.(A)
Proverbs 28:6
King James Version
6 Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.
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