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Tainted wealth has no lasting value,
    but right living can save your life.

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Treasures of wickedness do not profit,
    but righteousness delivers from death.

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11 Wealth from get-rich-quick schemes quickly disappears;
    wealth from hard work grows over time.

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11 Wealth gained from haste[a] will dwindle,
    but he who gathers little by little[b] will increase it.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 13:11 Or “vanity”
  2. Proverbs 13:11 Literally “upon the hand”

17 Stolen bread tastes sweet,
    but it turns to gravel in the mouth.

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17 Bread gained by deceit is sweet for the man,
    but afterward, his mouth will be filled with gravel.

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21 An inheritance obtained too early in life
    is not a blessing in the end.

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21 An inheritance acquired hastily at the beginning[a]
    will not be blessed at its end.

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Footnotes

  1. Proverbs 20:21 Literally “at the first”