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19 A person who works his land will have plenty of food,
but whoever pursues fantasies will have plenty of poverty.
20 A trustworthy person has many blessings,
but a person in a hurry to get rich will not go unpunished.

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19 He who tills his ground will have plenty bread,
    but he who follows fantasies will have plenty of poverty.
20 A man of faithfulness has abundant blessings,
    but he who hurries to become rich will not go unpunished.

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19 Those who work their land will have abundant food,
    but those who chase fantasies will have their fill of poverty.(A)

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

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22 A tightfisted person is in a hurry to get rich,
but he does not know that poverty is coming his way.

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22 He who hurries for wealth is a man with an evil eye,[a]
    but he does not know that poverty will come upon him.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:22 Literally “a man of evil of eye”

22 The stingy are eager to get rich
    and are unaware that poverty awaits them.(A)

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25 A greedy person stirs up strife,
but a person who trusts in the Lord will prosper.

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25 The greedy person[a] will stir up strife,
    but he who trusts in Yahweh will be enriched.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 28:25 Literally “wide soul”

25 The greedy stir up conflict,(A)
    but those who trust in the Lord(B) will prosper.

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Keep worthless speech and lies far from me.
Do not give me poverty or riches.
Give me food in the amount that is right for me.
Too much, and I may feel satisfied and deny you
and say, “Who is the Lord?”
Too little, and I may become poor and steal
and profane the name of my God.

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Keep falsehood and a lying word[a] far from me;
    do not give me poverty or wealth;
    provide me with food only for my need.
Or else I will be satisfied and will deny him
    and say “Who is Yahweh?”
Or[b] I will be poor and will steal
    and profane the name of my God.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 30:8 Literally “word of a lie”
  2. Proverbs 30:9 Or “Lest”

Keep falsehood and lies far from me;
    give me neither poverty nor riches,
    but give me only my daily bread.(A)
Otherwise, I may have too much and disown(B) you
    and say, ‘Who is the Lord?’(C)
Or I may become poor and steal,
    and so dishonor the name of my God.(D)

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