Proverbs 21:5

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁵The plans of the diligent certainly lead to profit,
but anyone who is reckless certainly becomes poor.^(A)

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Proverbs 23:5

Holman Christian Standard Bible

⁵As soon as your eyes fly to it, it disappears,^(A)
for it makes wings for itself
and flies like an eagle to the sky.

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Proverbs 28:22

Holman Christian Standard Bible

²²A greedy man^[a] is in a hurry for wealth;
he doesn’t know that poverty will come to him.^(A)

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Proverbs 28:22 Lit A man with an evil eye

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Luke 15:11-13

Holman Christian Standard Bible

The Parable of the Lost Son

¹¹He also said: “A man had two sons. ¹²The younger of them said to his father, ‘Father, give me the share of the estate I have coming to me.’ So he distributed the assets^[a] to them. ¹³Not many days later, the younger son gathered together all he had and traveled to a distant country, where he squandered^(A) his estate in foolish living.^(B)