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

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

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A fortune made by a lying tongue
    is a fleeting vapor and a deadly snare.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 21:6 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Vulgate; most Hebrew manuscripts vapor for those who seek death

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

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

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