The righteousness of the upright delivers them,
    but the unfaithful are trapped by evil desires.(A)

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The righteousness of the upright shall deliver them: but transgressors shall be taken in their own naughtiness.

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12 The wicked desire the stronghold of evildoers,
    but the root of the righteous endures.

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12 The wicked desireth the net of evil men: but the root of the righteous yieldeth fruit.

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

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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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The plans of the diligent lead to profit(A)
    as surely as haste leads to poverty.

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The thoughts of the diligent tend only to plenteousness; but of every one that is hasty only to want.

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20 The wise store up choice food and olive oil,
    but fools gulp theirs down.

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20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

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20 The wise store up choice food and olive oil,
    but fools gulp theirs down.

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20 There is treasure to be desired and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man spendeth it up.

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Saying 8

Do not wear yourself out to get rich;
    do not trust your own cleverness.

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Labour not to be rich: cease from thine own wisdom.

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20 Death and Destruction[a] are never satisfied,(A)
    and neither are human eyes.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:20 Hebrew Abaddon

20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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20 Death and Destruction[a] are never satisfied,(A)
    and neither are human eyes.(B)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 27:20 Hebrew Abaddon

20 Hell and destruction are never full; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.

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20 A faithful person will be richly blessed,
    but one eager to get rich will not go unpunished.(A)

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20 A faithful man shall abound with blessings: but he that maketh haste to be rich shall not be innocent.

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15 “The leech has two daughters.
    ‘Give! Give!’ they cry.

“There are three things that are never satisfied,(A)
    four that never say, ‘Enough!’:
16 the grave,(B) the barren womb,
    land, which is never satisfied with water,
    and fire, which never says, ‘Enough!’

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15 The horseleach hath two daughters, crying, Give, give. There are three things that are never satisfied, yea, four things say not, It is enough:

16 The grave; and the barren womb; the earth that is not filled with water; and the fire that saith not, It is enough.

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